gentrifier

• a word derived from gentrification.
  gentrification

  noun

  the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
• a word derived from gentrify.
  gentrify

  verb (used with object)

  to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.

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gentrifier

Despite identifying as a local, he faced backlash upon opening Laundry Wand when an Instagram account dedicated to neighborhood news deemed him a gentrifier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

"This is my neighborhood now," he says like a pioneer gentrifier.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2022

Ana gets her first solo art gallery show with the help of her benefactor, Tim, a wealthy gay white man and gentrifier who provides Ana with financial and moral support.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2020

You could picture both shows existing in the same timeline — one from the perspective of the gentrified, the other from the gentrifier.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018

But there’s something more existential in the rage of the first-wave gentrifier.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2017

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