Oli Mould on Nostr: Fun fact: the term #gentrification was coined by Ruth Glass in 1964, when she likened ...
Fun fact: the term #gentrification was coined by Ruth Glass in 1964, when she likened the middle classes of London pushing out the incumbant immigrant population to the landed gentry pushing out the peasents back in the day.
Hence 'gentri-fication'.
#Cities #Urbanism
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