gentrification theme

The sometimes contentions process by which deteriorated urban neighborhoods are renovated, resulting in the driving up of prizes and squeezing out of local residents, is featured.

5 total · 2 major · 3 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: RoboCop (1987) major OCP corporation planned to replace Old Detroit with Delta City,
voy5x23 major conflict between the old man and the arcology developers
movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) minor Clamp Enterprises was pressuring Mr. Wing into selling his old shop so that they could build a state of the art office building complex.
movie: RoboCop 3 (1993) minor A corporate stooge suggested to the Japanese CEO that he ought to start small by gentrifying Detroit.
tz2019e1x03 minor Niel lamented that his neighborhood was being gentrified.