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

For the past several years, Lincoln Heights residents have opposed the project, for fear it would gentrify their mostly Latino and Asian working class neighborhood, and risk community exposure to contaminated soil.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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

Property developers should lure displaced Americans to gentrify the Rust Belt along the Great Lakes.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 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