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urban geo final
uco hurt gentrification
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
12/10/2012

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gentrification
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process of upper income residents moving into a lower class area and renewing that area
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what created the term gentrification and where?
Definition
in London in the 1960's by a sociologist
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what does gentry mean
Definition
for wealthy people
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when did gentrification become popular in north america?
Definition
1970's
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gentrification only involves about ______ percent or less of households in the us
Definition
5
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what do people who are pro-wealth say about gentrification?
Definition
it brings in wealth
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what do negative gentrification people say?
Definition
where do the poor people go
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2 extremes in urban decline are
Definition
abadonment and gentrification
Term
abandonment -
Definition
usually only commercial properties
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abandonment is __________.
Definition
contagious
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gentrification needs 3 things:
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1) gentrifiers
2) pool of properties (historic homes, relatively close to CBD)
3) demand
Term
who are the first to always gentrify?
Definition
usually hipsters followed by usually white middle to upper class, 30's or 40's, rarely have kids, after this business will move in
Term
what was alexandria virginia orginally?
Definition
residential and commercial area
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what does most of alexandria's architecture go back to?
Definition
late 1700's, homes are smaller.
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when did the city of alexandria decline?
Definition
in the 1800's
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when did the city of alexandria decide to reimprove?
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in 1930
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what did alexandria focus on?
Definition
maintaiing a walkalbe city, mature treees, brick sidewalks, buried utility lines, limited advertising
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today what is the avg cost of a house in alexandria?
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800,000
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avg income in alexandria is
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175,000
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what is the avg age in alexandria
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36
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what is the rate of education in alexandria what percent has a college degree
Definition
92%
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what percent of people have kids?
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only 7&
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