About five years ago, the term “gentrification” began popping up more and more in the media. At one time, that term referred to the natural and cyclical nature of cities—meaning that neighborhoods go ...

I find “displacement” to be a much more useful term for describing the negative side of gentrification. Nonetheless, I don’t think gentrification has lost its meaning or should be jettisoned from the ...

“Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies,” by feminist and urbanist scholar Leslie Kern. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

Neighborhood gentrification in Buffalo between 2011 and 2019 was associated with a decrease in property crime, independent of a general decline in similar crime city-wide during those same years, ...

University of Chicago Press, 320 pp. Human beings, who exist at the scale of the neighborhood, have trouble understanding the full scope of urbanized America. The United States contains 107 ...

Mexicans and expats alike take on the most contentious subject of 2025 in this selection of pieces on gentrification in Mexico.

Gentrification is no longer something that just happens in low-income neighborhoods. As the phenomenon displaces communities of color, from Inglewood to Washington, D.C., "gentrification" has been ...

Many cities, especially their downtown neighborhoods, are experiencing an urban revival. Young, college educated workers—many of them single—are moving to dense, walkable neighborhoods, drawn in by ...

New York’s Harlem neighborhood was for decades synonymous with urban blight, crime, gangs, and drugs—which is why a walk through the area today can be something of a surprise. Harlem is now home to ...