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- noun Plural form of
gentrifier .
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Examples
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Whether it's bikes or people, sometimes it seems like "gentrifiers" are far too preoccupied with colorway.
Archive 2009-09-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Whether it's bikes or people, sometimes it seems like "gentrifiers" are far too preoccupied with colorway.
Say It Loud: "I Ride and I'm Proud" BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Even though a few hundred unrepresentative "gentrifiers" wearing blinders would like to believe this is Eagle Rock-West, or Glendale-South, it's really Cypress Park-North, and in part because of the HEAVY TRAFFIC already mentioned, it's never going to become some cozy ex-urb watering hole gathering spot, Not lodged between some of the dumpiest McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Denny's, plus sundry 99-cent store variations on all sides.
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'gentrifiers', a term that refers to the yuppies and others who bought beautiful old brownstone terrace houses and mansions for a song in the hopes of turning a profit or simply settling down in one of New York's few remaining unspoilt urban landscapes.
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So what we have is a city of partially employed gentrifiers who are, unlike other city's gentrifiers, struggling to get by.
Tommy Simon: Lost in Detroit: A Gentrifier's Story Tommy Simon 2012
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But, the secondary purpose is to acknowledge that gentrifiers in Detroit are not moving into the city in order to make a fast profit, but because we like being a part of the city.
Tommy Simon: Lost in Detroit: A Gentrifier's Story Tommy Simon 2012
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Adams Morgan resident complains about trash-pickup cancellation in wake of DPW's murder -- "Fellow gentrifiers, this is why people hate us."
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 15, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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In Detroit gentrifiers move in, become a part of their neighborhood, support their local businesses, and work hard like everyone else.
Tommy Simon: Lost in Detroit: A Gentrifier's Story Tommy Simon 2012
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In other cities, gentrifiers move into neighborhoods, buy their houses and sell them five years later for a profit.
Tommy Simon: Lost in Detroit: A Gentrifier's Story Tommy Simon 2012
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So what we have is a city of partially employed gentrifiers who are, unlike other city's gentrifiers, struggling to get by.
Tommy Simon: Lost in Detroit: A Gentrifier's Story Tommy Simon 2012
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