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At a time when the going rate for pho was $7 and cheaper around the Chinatown International District, some customers bellyached that $10 pho was price gouging, or the yuppification of Vietnamese food.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

With the yuppification of the Village, artists fled to the East Village.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2017

For all the yuppification of the East End, many people have lived hereabouts all their lives and were children during the blitz.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2013