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

As more big businesses started to come in and gentrify all of Broadway, seeing that happen, it was traumatizing honestly.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 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

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