Gentrification

Gentrification is one of those words in constant circulation these days, not only in DC but also in New York and I’m sure many other cities throughout the country.

Dinaw Mengestu discusses many aspects of his first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears 2010

The song, "Gentrification," is in part about how high rents in Washington, D.C. have pushed out more and more poor and middle-class residents into the suburbs.

Oddisee: Hip-Hop Leaves The City 2010

(Soundbite of song, "Gentrification") ODDISEE: (Singing) Starbucks here and a Starbucks there.

Oddisee: Hip-Hop Leaves The City 2010

"Gentrification" is just a term racist haters like Nate use for the expression: "we don't want no white folks with jobs living in our slum reminding us about what a lazy bunch of alcohol and drug addicted no accounts we are."

More Ignored OTR Gentrification Nathaniel Livingston 2006

Andrej Holm, author of a blog entitled "Gentrification", believes a substantial number are from the so-called "inheritance generation" and can buy into Berlin's new chi-chi neighbourhoods by selling family property in the affluent south west.

The Guardian World News Peter Beaumont 2011

His feelings about the changes are the subject of his track, "Gentrification," which includes rappers X.O. and YU, his Diamond

NPR Topics: News 2010

"Gentrification," Baver says with Rinaldi lingering in the background.

Philly.com - Latest Videos 2009

( "'Gentrification' is a current word," he told me.

Telling African Stories Merrill, Austin 2007

( "'Gentrification' is a current word," he told me.

Telling African Stories Merrill, Austin 2007

Gentrification and foreign businesses are muscling in, and these newcomers don't cotton to having street toughs hanging around their fancy new amusement parks, even if they're only 10 years old and can scramble around buildings like Cow Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger.

My evening with Black, White and Schodt | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009