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July 11, 2026City and CommunityOpen Access

“Neither from Here nor from There”: Latinx Commercial Gentrifiers and the Integration Paradox

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YSYael Shmaryahu‐Yeshurun

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Explores how upwardly mobile Latinx gentrifiers reinvest in ethnic neighborhoods, suggesting new motivations.

Key Points

  • The study aims to understand why Latinx commercial gentrifiers invest in ethnic neighborhoods despite having opportunities elsewhere.
  • Conducted three years of multi-sited fieldwork in Boyle Heights, Barrio Logan, and Pilsen.
  • Developed a three-dimensional model of motivations based on economic, identity, and socio-political factors.
  • Analyzed the role of ethnic enclaves in gentrification and immigrant integration.
  • Identified three main motivations for reinvestment: economic aspirations, identity needs, and socio-political claims.
  • Revealed that ethnic gentrifiers renegotiate assimilation through entrepreneurial ventures in their communities.
  • Demonstrated that ethnic enclaves serve as sites of profit, mobility, and activism against systemic racialization.

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Yael Shmaryahu‐Yeshurun (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a51df9fc18d7f28ca5009e4https://doi.org/10.1177/15356841261458747
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