DSST Human Cultural Geography Exam Prep

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What is the name for the process of converting a city from low-income to middle-class?

  1. Gentrification
  2. Up cycling
  3. Gerrymandering
  4. Urban modernization
Explanation

Answer - A - Gentrification is the name for the process of converting a city from low-income to middle-class.

Key Takeaway: Gentrification is basically the changes that result in an area (usually an urban area) that are the direct result of wealthier people buying homes in poorer communities. Usually, gentrification leads to increases in the community's mean income and decreases in the average family's size. This often leads to an informal eviction of lower-income residents, for whom the strain of newly-raised property taxes, house prices, rents, and more affluent businesses, become increasingly difficult to bear.

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