It's not all coffee shops and hipsters: what we get wrong about gentrification | Leslie Kern

Communities should mobilise against the property industry and its partners, not the people who move in their wake On a trip to Mexico City, a bus tour whisks me through neighbourhoods teeming with cool cafes, elegant wine bars and stylish twentysomethings. Starbucks are surprisingly thick on the ground. When I ask my Spanish teacher about these areas, he rolls his eyes and rubs his thumb and fingers together: a universal sign for too expensive and full of unpleasant people. You don't need to be ...