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process of upper income residents moving into a lower class area and renewing that area |
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what created the term gentrification and where? |
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in London in the 1960's by a sociologist |
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when did gentrification become popular in north america? |
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gentrification only involves about ______ percent or less of households in the us |
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what do people who are pro-wealth say about gentrification? |
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what do negative gentrification people say? |
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where do the poor people go |
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2 extremes in urban decline are |
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abadonment and gentrification |
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usually only commercial properties |
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abandonment is __________. |
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gentrification needs 3 things: |
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1) gentrifiers 2) pool of properties (historic homes, relatively close to CBD) 3) demand |
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who are the first to always gentrify? |
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usually hipsters followed by usually white middle to upper class, 30's or 40's, rarely have kids, after this business will move in |
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what was alexandria virginia orginally? |
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residential and commercial area |
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what does most of alexandria's architecture go back to? |
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late 1700's, homes are smaller. |
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when did the city of alexandria decline? |
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when did the city of alexandria decide to reimprove? |
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what did alexandria focus on? |
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maintaiing a walkalbe city, mature treees, brick sidewalks, buried utility lines, limited advertising |
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today what is the avg cost of a house in alexandria? |
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avg income in alexandria is |
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what is the avg age in alexandria |
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what is the rate of education in alexandria what percent has a college degree |
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what percent of people have kids? |
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