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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, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.

an instance of gentrifying; the condition of being gentrified.

Origin:
1975–80; gentri(fy) + -fication

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The tide of gentrification that transformed economically depressed enclaves is receding, leaving some communities high and dry.

As gentrification gathered pace, property prices exploded.

The goal of many local leaders has been the retention of that history in the busy swirl of gentrification.

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The tide of gentrification that transformed economically depressed enclaves is receding, leaving some communities high and dry.

As gentrification gathered pace, property prices exploded.

The goal of many local leaders has been the retention of that history in the busy swirl of gentrification.

And in both the real and virtual world, nothing improves security more than gentrification.

Many lament that this gentrification has forced young gay residents into other neighborhoods in search of cheaper rent.

Renovation and gentrification have already pushed up rents.

Continue past a slew of independent art galleries and witness the slow gentrification of a once ramshackle neighborhood.

As always happens, the artist rehabilitation has led to yuppie gentrification.

The over-all gentrification effect is likely positive for tax receipts, but this data doesn't say that for sure.

Gentrification and home ownership have left their mark.

Gentrification continues in the city centre and beyond.

However, they contend that gentrification is only one factor that must be considered among those relating to arson.

There's been some gentrification of late, but the area still has its soul".

Bloomberg's efforts to make apartments more affordable have nearly been drowned out by gentrification and rent deregulation.

Now they are seeing the housing turnover and influx of young professionals that signal gentrification.

There are some newcomers who worry that gentrification will lead to an unappetizing blandness.

And gentrification is proceeding at such a sputtering pace, only two loft buildings have been converted into housing.

At first glance, this neighborhood's gentrification looks familiar:.

For many of the sellers, the gentrification of the old neighborhood has been a boon.

Gentrification and the loss of longtime congregants have left some houses of worship with sparsely populated pews.

But real estate development and gentrification have already transformed the area.

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World English Dictionary

gentrification (ˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)

—n
	(Brit) 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

[C20: from gentrify (to become gentry)]

'gentrifier

—n

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