gentrification
noun
gen·tri·fi·ca·tion
ˌjen-trə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
: a process in which a poor area (as of a city) experiences an influx of middle-class or wealthy people who renovate and rebuild homes and businesses and which often results in an increase in property values and the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents
a neighborhood undergoing gentrification
"This week, we're talking about gentrification. Middle-class people move in. Property values and rents rise. Things change and improve but not for everyone. …"—
Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Lulu Garcia-NavarroOpposition is also stoked by fear of gentrification—displacement of longtime residents through higher rents or property taxes.—Steven Litt
Steven LittThe construction of luxury housing and gentrification of neighborhoods is pushing families out of communities they have called home for years.—Heidi Romanish and David Snyder
Heidi Romanish and David SnyderIn an effort to keep gentrification from creeping in the same way into the 30th Ward … Jessica Gutierrez wants to keep a lid on property taxes and inform residents about affordable housing.—Alexandra Arriaga
Alexandra ArriagaExamples of gentrification in a Sentence
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But the core of O’Malley’s comedy is always a very blue-collar Midwestern resentment, and at times embarrassment, a feeling of being left behind by gentrification.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2024
The massive neighborhood has gotten less Black, more white and some pillars of the community and networks of neighbors have been destroyed by gentrification.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Our unique culture has thrived through the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s, the concerns of gentrification in the 2000s, and Harlem’s renewal today.
—Lloyd Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
Inspired by an idea that came to him while dining in a restaurant in Spain a decade ago, Brühl’s prickly film combines a meta examination of movie stardom with a stark critique of rampant gentrification.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 4 July 2024
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2024
The massive neighborhood has gotten less Black, more white and some pillars of the community and networks of neighbors have been destroyed by gentrification.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Our unique culture has thrived through the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s, the concerns of gentrification in the 2000s, and Harlem’s renewal today.
—Lloyd Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
Inspired by an idea that came to him while dining in a restaurant in Spain a decade ago, Brühl’s prickly film combines a meta examination of movie stardom with a stark critique of rampant gentrification.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 4 July 2024
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