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I don't understand ppl complaining about gentrification

Idk what it's like around u but around here, they take homes that are almost condemned, fix them up, and sell them for maybe a little bit above the neighborhood average. I see these homes before and after. I see what they buy them for and what they sell them for.

The homes are still in the regular price range for the neighborhoods, maybe a little on the high end but definetly affordable.

It doesn't stop ppl in the area from affording to buy these homes. And Idk how it destroys culture because of that.

Yeah u lose a old house in ur neighborhood because it needed to be fixed up.

What wrongs with this
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Serenitree · F
No idea. I just looked up [b]gentrify[/b] and couldn't find a single synonym which was, in any way, negative.

Synonyms for gentrify

verb start over; refurbish
continue
extend
prolong
reaffirm
reestablish
reopen
repeat
restate
restore
resume
revive
brace
exhilarate
freshen
gentrify
mend
modernize
overhaul
reawaken
recommence
recondition
recreate
refit
refresh
regenerate
rehabilitate
reinvigorate
rejuvenate
remodel
renovate
repair
replace
replenish
restock
resuscitate
retread
revitalize
spruce
stimulate
transform
begin again
breathe new life into
bring up to date
fix up
go over

Nothing but good stuff, from what I can see.