Gentrification often leads to displacement of low-income residents, who are forced to move to other neighborhoods that may already be struggling with poverty and deteriorating conditions. This creates a cycle of displacement and decline. Gentrification may improve some aspects of an area, but it also has negative consequences for the poor and marginalized communities in the area.

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Urban Gentrification

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Urban gentrification

A) is a sociological panacea for urban ills.
B) leads to further declines in urban tax bases.
C) displaces the poor into other neighborhoods,resulting in more deterioration.
D) is on the increase in every major U.S.city.

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