gentrify

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

Low- and moderate-income renters in Atlanta have faced rising housing prices for years as areas gentrify and luxury housing replaces more affordable options.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 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