verb🔗Share고급화하다, 재개발하다To renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents)"The old neighborhood was gentrified when new expensive apartments and trendy shops replaced the affordable housing and local stores, forcing many long-time residents to move away. "오래된 동네는 새로운 비싼 아파트와 트렌디한 상점들이 저렴한 주택과 지역 상점을 대체하면서 고급화되어, 많은 오랫동안 거주해온 주민들이 이사를 가야 했다.propertysocietycultureeconomyareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading