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gentrify

[jen-truh-fahy] / ˈdʒɛn trəˌfaɪ /




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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

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

“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

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

As the neighborhood gentrifies and Chinese residents grow older and fewer, the clubs — called “tong,” “gungso” or “wui” in Cantonese — remain a vital social glue.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2023

But as the area gentrifies — driven, in a major way, by the opening of SoFi Stadium — there’s concern that the city, as remembered through its classic rap lyrics, is disappearing.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2022

“Usually when a neighborhood gentrifies, the new stores that open are mostly very expensive,” she said.

From Washington Post Aug. 2, 2017

Across the state border in Louisiana, New Orleans is facing similar problems as it develops and gentrifies.

From The Guardian Jul. 6, 2017

But as it gentrifies she realizes they are, in some ways, trapped.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2017

It happened place by place, inch by inch, a dusty disco ball left in the rummage while a Starbucks or a boutique gym rose to serve the freshly gentrified block around it.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

The front MacPherson struts and rear multi-links have been upgraded and thoroughly gentrified.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

But as it moved through the gentrified streets, the initially peaceful protest turned ugly.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

“The Western markets did not democratize EVs. They gentrified EVs,” said Bill Russo, the founder of the Automobility Ltd. consultancy in Shanghai.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2024

This is the Mission District, a gentrified hotbed of sushi, tapas, hip Mexican restaurants, and upscale furniture stores.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

This corner of Brooklyn is moving on to the next wave of gentrification: They’re culturally gentrifying the original gentrifiers, erasing the identity of precariously employed DJs who are experimenting with polyamory and microbangs.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Those marginalized communities, like most voters around the country, don’t have the same tastes as the gentrifying parts of Harlem and upper Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The veteran lawmaker argues the elevated people mover — once touted as a marquee piece for the 2028 Olympic Games — won’t help those living in the working-class but gentrifying community.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2024

The gentrifying Reagan years that followed gave rise to archly analytic work addressing institutional power.

From New York Times May 16, 2024

As developers began to eye the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood years ago for redevelopment, longtime community members became alarmed at the potential to accelerate the loss of the neighborhood’s Black population.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2023




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