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CLEP Intro to Sociology

Category - Rural&Urban

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Ted, an elderly gentleman, has lived in the same low-income neighborhood in Manhattan since his childhood. Over the last ten years, middle class whites have begun to move in and dominate his neighborhood. With their presence, the area has seen a huge physical transformation for the better. What is the term for this process?
  1. Invasion
  2. Succession
  3. Conflict
  4. Gentrification
  5. Ecological change
Explanation
Answer: D - Gentrification is a process in which white middle and upper class people move into, renovate, and dominate a low-income area in a city. This has happened in a number of neighborhoods in the five boroughs of New York City. Williamsburg, located in Brooklyn just across the East River from Manhattan, is a current example of a neighborhood undergoing gentrification.
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