Cities - Gentrification

Gentrification is when wealthier people move into a run down area and regenerate it by improving their houses.

Positives

• Housing is improved
• Value of housing increases so people already in the area can make more money on their homes
• New businesses in the area so jobs are created
• Crime rates fall

Negatives

• High demand for housing so rents may be pushed up so original residents have to move out
• Loss of shops original residents need like laundrettes
• Tension between locals and new residents

Notting Hill

• Previously a working class neighbourhood
• Very close to central London
• Houses have secluded communal gardens so good for families
• Victorian architecture makes it very attractive
• The film Notting Hill continued to popularise the area
• New fashionable restaurants and bars opened like Trailer Happiness