gentrification

when housing prices in a neighborhood go up because a bunch of hipsters moved in

Bro, I can't afford the new fancy coffee shop, I can't even pay my rent cause of all the gentrification

by cupcakesanon September 10, 2019

Reverse Gentrification

When city council displaces renters to house the homeless. Akin to free energy proponents believe that making people homeless will solve homelessness.

Imminent signs of Reverse Gentrification include large encampments of tents and homeless people at parks or other public locations, that move elected officials to buy your rental homes to solve the problem.

Usually results in urban charm to your neighborhood. You can expect frequent visits from police, fire department and other first responders.

Tenant1: We all got notice to vacate and I'm not sure we can stay in the area.
Tenant2: No worries. I hear Reverse Gentrification is helping out folks like us.

Council1: I got a great idea, let's buy homes to shelter homeless!
Council2: Displace people to house people, you mean Reverse Gentrification?
Council1: Yes...And we could harness free energy to pay the utilities!
Council2: Aren't we smart!

by YOMMA5G January 15, 2020

gentrification mullet

An intentionally ugly mullet that is popular with hipsters who are romantasizing being poor but actually have money.

"You know your rent is going up when those gentrification mullet folks pull up to your neighbourhood."

by scorpioscorpio February 17, 2021

gentrification

A buzzword uttered mostly by those who are outraged that improving a neighborhood means people will spend more money to live in it.

- What's happened to all the bums that used to hang around here?

- Gentrification, man. Getting worse by the day.

by user565322 December 11, 2016

Gentrification

The act of increasing the quality of a crap neighborhood to livable, sanitary conditions, thereby removing the property value from the toilet and basically polishing a turd. Racists hate it because it typically means more of the evil, oppressive Equinsu Ocha, and criminals hate it because crime rates typically plummet. The parasite class is sometimes resultingly displaced in favor of the working middle-class. An unfortunately occasional by-product of gentrification is an increase in a liberal presence which benefits nobody.

The coffee shop and new park which replaced the two old crack houses are quite an upgrade to the neighborhood (thank goodness for gentrification)!

by Soapforsupper November 26, 2017

gentrification

Oppression of the professional victim class by Da Man.

"Poor blacks and black businesses are being pushed out of Harlem in favor of elite whites. Bill Clinton is a perfect symbol of the reality of the white takeover. He is opening the floodgates now for complete gentrification of Harlem." -- Black Panther Party spokesman Malik Zulu Shabazz, April 2001

by Da Man December 27, 2004

Gentrification

A term used by those who are intellectually impaired to try and negatively label the positive progress which is renovation of local infrastructure in an urban area while still having access to high end amenities like Wi-Fi, Double-shot Mocha Latte's and of course, social media apps.

"The Gentrification of this neighborhood is just another example of white privilege and Republicans way of trying to push blacks out of neighborhoods."
"Yeahhh...or the building is falling apart and just needs some rennovating..."

by HighRiskLowReward December 29, 2018