http://bostonist.com/2005/06/13/the_tireless_march_of_gentrification_progress_in_union_square.php All comments for The Tireless March of Gentrification Progress in Union Square en-us 2008 cheap_robv Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rvassegh@gmail.com rvassegh@gmail.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2005/06/13/the_tireless_march_of_gentrification_progress_in_union_square.php#comment-150453 http://bostonist.com/2005/06/13/the_tireless_march_of_gentrification_progress_in_union_square.php#comment-150453 Comments Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:39:24 -0500 <p>I don't think we have a single word for it; it's always compound verb phrases, like "go downhill," "go to the dogs," "take a turn for the worse," or "fall inexorably into the heartbreaking spiral of urban blight, decay, and abandonment." I like that last one most - it really rolls of the tongue.</p> http://bostonist.com/2005/06/13/the_tireless_march_of_gentrification_progress_in_union_square.php#comment-150451 http://bostonist.com/2005/06/13/the_tireless_march_of_gentrification_progress_in_union_square.php#comment-150451 Comments Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:27:26 -0500 <p>what is the opposite of gentrification? </p>