Gentrification
Higher-income residents move into a low-income urban neighborhood, renovating housing and raising rents until many longtime residents can no longer afford to stay. This is:
Answer A: explanation for every choice
A
Correct. Gentrification is the upgrading of a neighborhood by wealthier newcomers, often displacing existing residents.
B
Suburbanization is movement from cities to surrounding suburbs.
C
Urban sprawl is low-density development spreading outward from a city.
D
Ghettoization is the concentration of a minority group in a segregated area.
TakeawayGentrification: wealthier newcomers displace longtime residents.
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