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Gentrification

The social and physical process of change in an urban neighborhood by returning young, often professional, populations to the urban core. These people are often attracted by the substantial nature of the original building stock of the place and the proximity to the city center, which generally continues to have major professional opportunities. While this process brings an urban landscape back into a primary role as a tax base, it dispossesses many minority peoples.