gentrify
Example Sentences
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Clubs nationwide were folding, but in L.A., if one or two music venues went under, it meant monopoly by Goldenvoice-owned spaces and well-intentioned hipster havens like Zebulon, gentrifying both neighborhoods and music.
From Los Angeles Times
"I think rap is getting gentrified," he told New Wave magazine.
From BBC
Foreign visitors, mostly young, are seen daily wandering through gentrified neighborhoods gazing at their cellphones, following directions to the latest hip spots hyped on Instagram and TikTok.
From Los Angeles Times
The horizontal city is just too big to fully gentrify; there was always another neighborhood where an artist could find studio space, or a gallery could open up shop.
From Los Angeles Times
And the remodeling of East London into a gentrified glass forest, a minor plot point, has only just begun.
From Los Angeles Times
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