No two people seem to quite agree on what the word "gentrification" means. If you're at all interested in what shapes our cities, you're bound to find yourself in a conversation about gentrification eventually—and you might find yourself in a fight.
To some, gentrification is synonymous with an inseparably interconnected web of violent acts; it's a thing to be fought if we want to preserve compassion for the most vulnerable in our societies and guard against unmitigated greed. To others, though, gentrification is the simple mechanism by which we make our cities better, tied up in our most basic economic processes. But to many more, "gentrification" is a word that provokes anxiety and uncertainty, especially if we're people who hold some degree of economic, social or other power and we're not sure how best to use it.
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Without reform, restrictive zoning codes will limit the impact of the city’s planned transit expansion and could exclude some of the residents who depend on transit the most.
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The decision is a victory for environmental groups who charged that freezing funds for critical infrastructure and disaster response programs caused “real and irreparable harm” to communities.
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