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Rural Gentrification?:

Rural Gentrification?:. Social, Cultural, and Economic Change in “Rural” North America. Changes in Rural North America Since the 1960s. Industrialization of Agriculture Rural Depopulation Aging Demographics Resource Depletion Environmental Conflicts Retirement Economies.

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Rural Gentrification?:

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  1. Rural Gentrification?: Social, Cultural, and Economic Change in “Rural” North America

  2. Changes in Rural North America Since the 1960s • Industrialization of Agriculture • Rural Depopulation • Aging Demographics • Resource Depletion • Environmental Conflicts • Retirement Economies

  3. How Rural Land Markets Work • “Highest and best use” • Modest competition and relative stability • Minimal role of “speculator-developers” • Changing role of state actors • Role of finance capital • Real estate agents/brokers • Minimal role for builders • Appraiser, title companies, others

  4. Rural “Rent-Gaps” • Rural vs. urban investment and consequences for rural areas • The emergence of “rent-gaps” • Narrowing of gaps in urban areas matched by widening in some rural areas? • Changes in the nature of demand (economic restructuring, social movements, new demographics)

  5. Example and Interlinkages:Selective “Rural Gentrification” • Expansion of markets for retirement property, hobby farms, etc. • Pre-existing geography of environmental amenities • Proximity to population centers • Preservation rather than development • Non-traditional class and cross-class conflicts and alliances

  6. Rural Gentrification andRural Cultural Change • Types of areas impacted (accessibility vs. inaccessibility) • New labor economies • Place-based environmental politics • Geographies of exclusion and insularity • Commodification of nature • Commodification of lifestyle • Change in rural landscape & culture

  7. Types of Areas Impacted

  8. New Labor Economies

  9. Place-Based Environmental Politics

  10. Geographies of Exclusion and Insularity

  11. Commodification of Nature

  12. Commodification ofLifestyle

  13. Change in Rural Landscapeand Culture

  14. Conclusions • Rural gentrification is selective and highly class-based • Unusual cross-class alliances have been crucial in facilitating the process • Old economies have been fetishized and commodified • New economies rely on cultures of environmental preservation and exclusions based on market processes + (in)accessibility

  15. Could it Happen Here? • Does northern Minnesota feature the conditions necessary for rural gentrification to happen? • Would it be a good thing if it did happen? • Is it already happening??? DISCUSS!!!

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