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So then they're going to this new neighborhood, and then the people there are feeling tread on. >> yes, yes, yes. >> and i'm just watching this wave happen all the way from the areas of the city that are traditionally associated with white people and money and all the way out to the areas of the city that are way, way, way out in the suburbs that people say, well, wait a minute. this used to be the country. >> mm-hmm. >> what's happened? all these city people are coming? >> then eventually there's like 70-year-old black people in the pacific ocean trying to tread water. welcome to my new neigh...

Project. notice anything familiar? yep, that's beverly's house right there. ben's been kind enough to invite me on a tour of one of his new buildings under construction. it feels like i've just walked into the belly of the beast. hello. >> hello. >> hi. my name's kamau. >> ben kaiser. how are you? >> good. thanks for letting us crash your construction site. >> welcome. welcome to portland as well. >> after a bit of small talk, it was time to get down to business. >> you basically represent the man. >> sure. >> you're the guy who comes in who changes the neighborhood. if you're like, no, i like...

>> 100%. but portland really is, in my opinion, turning from a town into a city right now. it's exciting to watch. it has its growing pains of course. >> how do those growing pains affect the people who have lives there all their lives? i talked to an older black woman, and every so often someone knocks on her door and is offering to buy her home. somebody is telling them to make that phone call. >> we always think it's a somebody. in my opinion, it's an economic force. it's not -- there's no one orchestrating this outcome. >> that woman, get her out. >> nothing to do with that woman. >> sure....