Curated Op-Ed: Gentrification’s Roots in the Post-Industrial City

NextCity’s February 1, 2024, opinion editorial about the roots of gentrification uses the city of San Jose in the Silicon Valley as the setting for a story of business development and incumbent residents. Rochester is mentioned, along with Detroit, as the urban case trajectory to avoid, where economic collapse and population decline have plagued the city.

The article is a great reference for the sociology of the post-industrial city and provides important historical information.