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gentrify

[jen-truh-fahy] / ˈdʒɛn trəˌfaɪ /




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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

“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

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

From Washington Post Nov. 17, 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

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

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 area was gentrified by tract homes where nuclear families would settle.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 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

Working-class Fishtown has been gentrifying, but a lot of old-timers have decided to stick around.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 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 I stood outside appraising it next to newer and much larger houses in the gentrifying neighborhood, a nagging question overwhelmed me: Is this really it?

From Slate Jan. 6, 2024

The main character, Penelope, returns to her home in a now gentrifying Brooklyn to care for her sick father after a short stint in Pittsburgh.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2023




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