The District ranked first in “intensity of gentrification” based on the percentage of lower-income neighborhoods that experienced gentrification. “It’s the visibility and the pace of it.”A National Community Reinvestment Coalition study found “cultural displacement” because of gentrification in neighborhoods nationwide. Activists also are concerned about the culture that can leave with a neighborhood’s longtime residents. Van TOL said he was surprised by the finding that gentrification was rare in small and medium cities in the country’s interior. Finding ways that areas can gentrify without forcing out longtime residents is an area ripe for more study, he said.

Source: Washington Post March 19, 2019 10:00 UTC