The gentrified neighborhood now isn’t a “Black neighborhood” or a “Spanish neighborhood.” White people live there. Without the dangerous specter of color haunting the neighborhood’s reputation, more white people move to the area, except this time they have more money. These people begin to “improve” the neighborhood, turning it into a hotspot of activity. Eventually, prices have risen so much that the early adopters—the artists and bohemians and gay men—can no longer afford to live there. Privileged upper-class white people move into the area, and the cycle begins again with a new
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