Gentrification revised

The aim is to give answer to the question of whom the gentrifier of Dutch cities of today is and whether the cultural capital (education) or life-cycle aspects (age, household composition) do influence the choice of people to move to gentrified neighbourhoods. The results are two-folded. On the one hand, the classical group of gentrifier is found. On the other hand, also other groups with different characteristics are encountered. The analyses showed that households with children are also playing a role, as do young and older single-person households. The results are not generally applicable, due to the techniques used. However, they give reason for further research on the subject. Terms such as ‘yuppification’, young urban professional parents (Criekingen and Decroly, 2003:2452, Karsten 2003), appear to be of greater relevance than so far assumed. The definition of gentrifiers changes. In other words, it stretches along the edges of the classical definition.