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"Low-income children living in neighborhoods that experienced gentrification were not more likely to be displaced than those living in persistently low-income neighborhoods that did not gentrify"
“Part of the issue may be that displacement is simply more salient in gentrifying areas. People may be less likely to notice the evictions and forced moves in other neighborhoods, because in non-gentrifying neighborhoods newly entering tenants more closely resemble those exiting”
"Over a long time period, census evidence shows a modest increase in displacement for low-income renters in gentrifying neighborhoods. But residents who do leave do not wind up living in more disadvantaged areas, and the residents who stay experience certain measurable benefits"
