there goes the neighbourhood
Standards are falling
There goes the neighbourhood is a sardonic remark when someone or something unwelcome arrives, suggesting the area's character or property values will decline.
Originally expressed genuine alarm about demographic change—often with racist undertones about new neighbors.
Now frequently ironic or self-deprecating: Oh, there goes the neighbourhood said when a friend walks in.
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- otheringViewing as fundamentally different
- us versus themPolarized group opposition
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- social hierarchyStratified arrangement of status
elitism · tongue-in-cheek · tribalism · satire · scapegoating · stereotyping · property values · property ladder · gated community · self-deprecation · wrong crowd · white flight · classism · ethnic profiling · xenophobia · urbanization · stigmatization · snobbery
there goes the neighbourhoodthe more the merrier
Quantity increases enjoyment
warm welcome · make yourself at home · come on in · welcome aboard · open arms
there goes the neighbourhoodurban renewal
Revitalizing decayed city areas
revitalization · gentrification · progress · moving up in the world · class act
neighbour, neighbourhood, neighbor, neighborhood, neighboring, neighbourly, neighborly, neighbours, neighbors