Gentrification
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Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a neighborhood changes through the influx of more affluent residents and investment. There is no agreed-upon definition of gentrification. In pub
Gentrification with a typical ranch house side by side with a modern house in Dallas, Texas, in 2020
Symbolic gentrification in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
A building in Mexico City in need of repainting beside a modern loft tower
Local neighbor protesting against tourists in La Rambla (Barcelona, Spain)
Yuppie
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Yuppie, short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional", is a term coined in the early 1980s for a young professional person working in a city. The term is first attested
Gentrification
…the same foundations for their isolation as the gentrification process matures. The later stages of the process generate an influx of more affluent, "yuppie" residents. As the bohemian character of the community grows, it appeals "not only to committed participants, but also to sporadic consumers," and the…
Anti-yuppie graffiti criticizing the gentrification of Austin, Texas