Twitter users highlight US gentrification trend with #ThingsGentrifiersDo

As higher-income residents move to lower-income neighbourhoods, netizens describe what they see as some of the problems.

Twitter users in the US are spotlighting what some call a growing trend in the country: the gentrification of neighbourhoods.

Using #ThingsGentrifiersDo, many described what they see as commonalities among higher-income residents who move to lower-income neighbourhoods. The hashtag trended on Monday and has more than 4,700 mentions.