yuppifying

Making areas affluent

Yuppifying is making something more upscale or appealing to young urban professionals—the demographic that emerged in the 1980s with disposable income and taste for trendy consumption.

A neighborhood yuppifies when coffee shops and boutiques replace bodegas and laundromats: The old warehouse district has been yuppifying for years.

The process often displaces longtime residents.

gentrification

gentrifying

Renovating while displacing residents

upscalingIncreasing resolution or size
renovatingRestoring to good condition
displacingRemoving from position

rezoning · redeveloping · boutiques · condos · lofts · brownstones · trendy · artisanal · hipster · neighborhoods

aesthetic

sleek

Smooth and elegant

minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
modernOf recent times
stainlessFree from discoloration

steel · granite · countertops · exposed · brick · reclaimed · wood · industrial · chic · Scandinavian

lifestyle

affluent

Having abundant financial resources

materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
consumeristFocused on acquiring goods
statusOne's relative position

climbing · aspirational · professional · career · driven · brand · conscious · luxury · goods · designer

Opposites

neighborhood transformation direction

yuppifyingdeteriorating

Becoming progressively worse

disinvesting · declining · decaying · blighting · abandoning

preservation vs. transformation

yuppifyingconserving

Protecting from depletion

keeping it real

Family

yuppie, yuppy, yuppies, yuppified, yuppiedom, yuppification

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G