GEOG 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Feudalism, Gentrification
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Gent part of gentrification refers to the gentry. The landed elites property owning, but not royals o o. May not be the 1%, but they"re like the 10% o. You can"t be a working status person and gentrify a neighbourhood, because you"ll generally be the same status as the people of the neighbourhood that you"re moving into. Theoretical scope of gentrification has changed over time; once thought of only occurring in large cities but now happening in smaller cities too. Gentrification is associated with a target audience that is of a different socio- economic status than the traditional local residents of the area. One by one, many of the working-class neighborhoods of london have been invaded by the middle class - upper and lower. The very first kind of encapsulation of gentrification. 1990s: emphasis on small-scale nature of gentrification o o o o. Really focusing on specific households changing one by one on a block.
