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gentrification
[ jen-truh-fi-key-shuhn ]
noun
- the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- the process of conforming to an upper- or middle-class lifestyle, or of making a product, activity, etc., appealing to those with more affluent tastes:
the gentrification of fashion.
gentrification
/ 藢诲萧蓻苍迟谤瑟蹿瑟藞办别瑟蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- a process by which middle-class people take up residence in a traditionally working-class area of a city, changing the character of the area
Derived Forms
- 藞驳别苍迟谤颈藢蹿颈别谤, noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gentrification1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gentrification1
Example Sentences
Seeing firsthand how gentrification and rapidly rising housing costs have started to negatively affect the mostly blue-collar town, Bernthal set out to give back.
The reasons for the fall in numbers are multiple - falling birth rates, Brexit, gentrification and the cost of living in London are all contributing factors.
Situated near the northeast corner of 3rd and Main streets, the bar and its neighbors have not experienced the same level of gentrification as other parts of downtown.
A confluence of gentrification and changing social attitudes towards queer people in post-war society fractured the city鈥檚 physical queer community north across neighborhoods like Old Town and Lincoln Park.
Townsend鈥檚 subversiveness serves a purpose; he is making an artistic comment on gentrification and urban renovation in Providence as well as capitalism and the unrealistic/unattainable fantasies of consumerism.
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