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How to cope when your hometown no longer wants you

My childhood neighborhood got gentrified and now I can't afford to live there anymore but I still drive through it every weekend like some kind of ghost.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Displacement creates a haunting where the living mourn places that still exist but no longer welcome them.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Place attachment — loving where you are?”

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