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When your own community becomes too expensive for you

My neighborhood is gentrifying and the coffee shop I used to afford now charges twelve dollars for what I could make at home, but it used to be my one small luxury.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're watching your sense of belonging erode as economic forces reshape the places that once felt like home.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Poverty and identity?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.