Define gentrification and discuss the pros and cons associated with it.
What will be an ideal response?
Vary. Gentrification is the process of neighborhood revitalization typically resulting in the replacement of lower-income residents with higher-income residents. Gentrification tends to put pressure on the poor, elderly, and minorities. Property values go up in gentrified areas and the poor can no longer afford housing (and the services that come into gentrified neighborhoods tend to be more expensive). In a study of adults who lived in gentrifying New York City neighborhoods, Sungwoo Lim et al. (2017) concluded that residents who moved to non-gentrifying, poor neighborhoods had a greater number of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and mental health-related visits for about five years after displacement. The researchers hypothesize that "it is likely that the inability to return to one's community and loss of social networks may have an…impact on mental health."
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A) Marijuana is the most used drug by college students. B) Men use more drugs than women. C) Half of college aged women binge drank during the past two weeks. D) Drug use is virtually nonexistent in contemporary U.S. society.
A structural functionalist maintains that
A) rapid social change is desirable. B) women can function in the work world as well as they can in domestic roles. C) biological differences have led to differing gender roles. D) all of the above
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A) economic problems B) a longer life C) technological advances D) excitement
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A) Degree of changes in a romance B) Speed of disillusionment in a romance C) Problems that couples bring to the marriage D) The wedding experience and the blending of extended families