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Gentrification and My New Old Neighborhood

October 29, 2013 by Melody Chapin 1 Comment

In 1999 my classrooms in Somerville, Massachusetts– a culturally diverse city bordering Boston– were mosaics of colors and cultures, with students from as far away as Tibet to students whose families had lived in town since the Revolutionary War.  Today in Somerville, hipsters are the name and gentrification is the game. In ’99, my neighborhood […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: class cultures, gentrification, hipsters, neighborhood

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