gentrify
Example Sentences
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Working with UC Berkeley city and regional planning professor Karen Chapelle, she found those census tracts closest to the stations were much more likely to gentrify, especially if they were already seeing rising housing prices.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022
“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
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
No one really knows what to do with a neighborhood that cannot gentrify its way to glory.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 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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