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Bohemia hits the skids, but there’s still fun to be had.

A story in the New York Times reports on hard times for boutique, gentrified neighborhoods.  According to the article, business is down, foot traffic is down, and little shops that sell stuff the owner thinks is cool is on the downswing. The article didn’t exactly report on that last bit, but that’s my conclusion based [...]

Gentrification. It’s all about the lattes.

If you don’t read The Onion, I suggest you read this article: Sometimes I Feel Like I’m The Only One Trying To Gentrify This Neighborhood.
There is a difference between neighborhood revitalization and gentrification, and I suppose it is possible to have one without the other, but the two, while different, nevertheless succumb to their mutual [...]