gentrify
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“I would just hope that people that move here, that kind of gentrify unconsciously, would respect where they’re moving to and think about what they’re doing,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2022
As more big businesses started to come in and gentrify all of Broadway, seeing that happen, it was traumatizing honestly.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021
“Looking at where I live right now, it’s like they want to push us out farther and, well, it will gentrify the community,” said Ms. Wiley, the president of an organization opposing the development.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021
He has watched other parts of metropolitan Cincinnati, including the West End and Over-the-Rhine, gentrify in ways that displaced longtime Black residents.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2021
He said the effort was a misguided attempt to gentrify blighted neighborhoods under the guise of fighting crime — a claim disputed by city leaders.
From Washington Post
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