gentrification
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4VERB + GENTRIFICATION
changes, saying, value
GENTRIFICATION + NOUN
homelessness, portland
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in
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anyway
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noun
The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.
Labour's manifesto contains the wild promise of 'war on the private landlord,' but this may conceal a real determination to use the powers of compulsory purchase to prevent the existing residents of places like North Kensington being driven out by the twin forces of 'gentrification' and development.
Who told you to buy a brownstone on my block, in my neighborhood, on my side of the street? Yo, what you wanna live in a Black neighborhood for, anyway? Man, motherfuck gentrification.
A geographical area that is gradually becoming prosperous due to investment.
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6Labour's manifesto contains the wild promise of 'war on the private landlord,' but this may conceal a real determination to use the powers of compulsory purchase to prevent the existing residents of p
WiktionaryWho told you to buy a brownstone on my block, in my neighborhood, on my side of the street? Yo, what you wanna live in a Black neighborhood for, anyway? Man, motherfuck gentrification.
WiktionaryIn particular, the focus is on property value changes and gentrification in Portland that are often attributed to urban growth and containment policies within the state.
WiktionaryGentrification increases homelessness.
Tatoeba · #11135328Urban renewal is another way of saying gentrification.
Tatoeba · #11135334Gentrification is a process carried out by landlords and developers, not by tenants.
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