gentrify
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Organizers fear the office-centric development, with a K Line stop onsite, will further gentrify the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Until recently, community activists had opposed the project because they said it would gentrify their predominantly working-class, Latino and Asian neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2022
Rundown apartments are still a hazard, but displacement has become public enemy No. 1 in housing policy as city neighborhoods gentrify and awareness of the importance of stability grows.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2022
“I could go stand there with a sign and say ‘don’t gentrify this Black community, hashtag cancel’ or I could actually do something more permanent,” she said.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021
Property developers should lure displaced Americans to gentrify the Rust Belt along the Great Lakes.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021
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