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    1. the tokyo files‏ @thetokyofiles 2 Feb 2017

      Concept of #gentrification doesn't correlate well to Japan Where in Tokyo is gentrifying the most? Some say Nakameguro & Kabukicho Others?

      8 replies 4 retweets 3 likes
    2. Jason Packman‏ @XinJeisan 4 Feb 2017
      Replying to @thetokyofiles

      how do you define gentrification. @tokyorich wrote an article about the neighborhood near where he lived.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    3. the tokyo files‏ @thetokyofiles 4 Feb 2017
      Replying to @XinJeisan @tokyorich

      My basic idea: concept of gentrification in Japan seems much simpler than gentrification in the USA 1/

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. the tokyo files‏ @thetokyofiles 4 Feb 2017
      Replying to @thetokyofiles

      In USA, gentrification is a fraught concept. Many articles seem to start from the assumption that gentrification is bad/wrong/dangerous 2/

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. the tokyo files‏ @thetokyofiles 4 Feb 2017
      Replying to @thetokyofiles

      Gentrification in USA often involves issues of race, class, social justice. It's almost never simple as "new building changes neighborhood"

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. the tokyo files‏ @thetokyofiles 4 Feb 2017
      Replying to @thetokyofiles

      And for many new buildings, social trends (such as influx of "hipsters" or whatnot") there is often a backlash from residents or pundits 4/

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. the tokyo files‏ @thetokyofiles 4 Feb 2017
      Replying to @thetokyofiles

      My sense is that in Japan conversations on gentrification lack this complexity, though I'm wondering if there are currents I'm missing 5/

      4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Jason Packman‏ @XinJeisan 4 Feb 2017
      Replying to @thetokyofiles

      i taught in meguro for a while, and pre-war photos of these schools were all fields and such.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      the tokyo files‏ @thetokyofiles 6 Feb 2017
      Replying to @XinJeisan

      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

      4:27 AM - 6 Feb 2017 from Ota-ku, Tokyo
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