Chapter 13.8 Decline and Renewal
Some US inner-city neighborhoods have been gentrified.
Gentrification
Gentrification is the process by which middle class people move into deteriorated inner-city neighborhoods and renovate the housing
Inner-City Challenges
Inner city residents are frequently referred to as a permanent underclass because they are trapped in an unending cycle of hardships such as inadequate job skills, poverty, crime, drugs, homelessness, lack of services, and deteriorating housing.
The Power of Words
Gentrification:
Gentrification in Minneapolis
Gentrification in London
Gentrification in Chicago
Gentrification meaning and pronunciation