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How food became the perfect beachhead for gentrification

  • Written by Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Professor of Geography and Director, Urban Studies and Food Studies Programs, San Diego State University
How food became the perfect beachhead for gentrificationWhen food trucks start rolling up, developers usually aren't far behind.Photo by Samantha Trauben/Getty Images for International Rescue Committee

Everybody, it seems, welcomes the arrival of new restaurants, cafés, food trucks and farmers markets.

What could be the downside of fresh veggies, homemade empanadas and a pop-up restaurant...

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