I can see what Jason was saying, and you don’t address his point at all. That is not to say he was very coherent or anything, either.

Since you are already moving, wherever you go will be a new community to you. It sounds like you are saying you would be “gentrifying” any community you move to unless it is the same exact ethnic makeup as you and your husband are.

That is the one part of gentrification that I don’t understand: If I accept a job in this area, and I decide to buy a house in another, nearby area, would I be gentrifying that area if I chose it because I like the area, etc.?

I understand gentrification is pushing out the old community that resided there. Is what I am not getting that gentrification is when it is systemic across an area, rather than just one single person taking a job? In that case you can’t exactly say you would be gentrifying EPA. You would be one person. You could be contributing to it, of course, but that is a fine distinction. I presume working in Palo Alto while living in EPA would be considered gentrification, but I’m not sure.

I ask all this as someone who has not and will not ever be the subject of gentrification, which makes it harder for me to understand. I also have not looked very far into it, and don’t really understand the bay area, and probably would never desire to live there (southern CA is not my cup of tea per se). So feel free to ignore my comments here. I just really don’t understand the issue, and I know I’m not the only one.