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How single women are driving gentrification in Hong Kong and elsewhere

  • Written by Igor Vojnovic, Professor and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Urban Affairs, Michigan State University
The share of households in Hong Kong led by single women has soared in recent decades. Dorason/Shutterstock.com

Gentrification is reshaping urban areas all around the world, displacing large segments of the population and making cities increasingly unaffordable.

In San Francisco, only 12 percent of households can afford a median priced home, which...

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