ungentrified
Not yet transformed
Ungentrified describes a neighborhood or area that hasn't undergone gentrification—the process where wealthier residents move in, property values rise, and longtime residents and businesses are displaced.
An ungentrified area retains its original character, demographics, and economic profile: We found a great ungentrified block with cheap taquerias and auto shops.
The word can carry either positive connotations (authentic, unspoiled) or negative ones (neglected, underdeveloped), depending on the speaker's perspective.
Following long-held customs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- originalFirst or inventive
- genuineTruly what it claims
- preservedKept from deterioration
time-honored · historic · local · community · longstanding · established · old-school · unchanged
Low in price
- low-rentInferior in quality
- working-classManual laborers as group
- accessibleAble to be reached
- modestLacking in pretension
budget · economical · unpretentious · undervalued · bargain · inexpensive · subsidized · rent-controlled
traditional
Following long-held customs
preserved · time-honored · historic · local · community · longstanding · established · old-school · unchanged · rooted
cheap
Low in price
- low-rentInferior in quality
- working-classManual laborers as group
- accessibleAble to be reached
modest · budget · economical · unpretentious · undervalued · bargain · inexpensive · subsidized · rent-controlled · low-income
dilapidated
Ruined through neglect
- decayingUndergoing organic breakdown
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- abandonedLeft behind completely
derelict · crumbling · ramshackle · rundown · shabby · weathered · worn · disrepair · blight · rust
ungentrifiedgentrified
Made affluent, displacing residents
yuppified · redeveloped · revitalized · bougie · renovated
ungentrifiedrenovated
Updated and repaired
restored · refurbished · modernized · upgraded · remodeled
gentle, genteel, gentry, gentility, gentrification, gentrify, gentrified, gentrifier, gentrifiers