You’ve probably heard that gentrification changes neighborhoods for the worse: first come the hipsters and then the bankers. Soon, the neighborhood is overrun with dog spas and wine bars, and the original residents are nowhere in sight.





But what does the science say? And, is there anything good about gentrification? We speak to Prof. Lance Freeman, Prof. Rachel Meltzer and Nicole Mader to find out.





Check out the transcript right here: http://bit.ly/2VQJsgp





UPDATE 10/23/18: An earlier version of this episode misstated number of calls in our 311 analysis as "over 900,000." While the analysis started with over 900,000 calls, the number of calls over 6 years was a bit over 600,000. We've updated the episode to reflect that.





Selected references:

Lance’s study on displacement in gentrifying neighborhoods

Rachel’s studies on jobs and businesses in gentrifying neighborhoods

Nicole’s study on what’s happening with public schools with gentrification

This study by NYU’s Furman study which has all sorts of stats on gentrifying neighborhoods





And the results on our own number crunching: