Pittsburgh: a gentrified neighbourhood

In the United States, they use the term “gentrification” to describe the movement of the poorest inhabitants out of the city centres, which Americans see as a negative thing. In Pittsburgh too, intellectuals and the upper-middle classes have replaced workers in neighbourhoods such as Mexican War Streets. We meet one of the locals, the writer Hilary Masters.

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First broadcast schedule: Tue, 30. Oct 2012, 4:50 pm