Dog Parks and Coffee Shops: Faux Diversity and Consumption in Gentrifying Neighborhoods

The process of gentrification, whereby lower-income residents are replaced with higher-income ones ( Glass 1964 ), has changed the composition and character of hundreds of urban neighborhoods in cities worldwide. These changes affect not only the physical landscape but also the diversity of the people who live there. This research explores diversity seeking, consumption, and community in neighborhoods undergoing gentrification. The authors...