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Gentrification As Anti-Local Economic Development: The Case Of Boston, Massachusetts, James Jennings
Gentrification As Anti-Local Economic Development: The Case Of Boston, Massachusetts, James Jennings
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Activists and political leaders across the city of Boston are concerned that gentrification in the form of rapidly rising rents in low-income and the poorest areas are contributing to displacement of families and children. Rising home sale prices and an increasing number of development projects are feeding into this concern. There is also a growing wariness about the impact that this scenario can have on small and neighborhood-based businesses and microenterprises whose markets are represented by the kinds of households facing potential displacement. This potential side-effect suggests that gentrification could actually emerge as anti-local economic development in Boston. It can …