Lumifer comments on Open thread, Jan. 25 - Jan. 31, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 27 January 2016 03:43:26PM 1 point [-]

Gentrification simply means that rents go up in certain parts of the city.

Not at all. Gentrification is the replacement of a social class by a different social class. There are a LOT of consequences to that -- the character of the neighbourhood changes greatly.