Concept of #gentrification doesn't correlate well to Japan
Where in Tokyo is gentrifying the most? Some say Nakameguro & Kabukicho
Others?
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Gentrification in USA often involves issues of race, class, social justice. It's almost never simple as "new building changes neighborhood"
And for many new buildings, social trends (such as influx of "hipsters" or whatnot") there is often a backlash from residents or pundits 4/
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My sense is that in Japan conversations on gentrification lack this complexity, though I'm wondering if there are currents I'm missing 5/
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i taught in meguro for a while, and pre-war photos of these schools were all fields and such.
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Same as in Ota-ku; recently saw photos in local history museum of farmers washing vegetables in a natural spring, circa 1963.pic.twitter.com/7MaVNTArK2
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