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DaddyBobMN t1_j8jf3cb wrote

Reply to comment by Optimized_Orangutan in Responses to gentrification by Northwoods01

But gentrification is a change to an existing urban area.

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Optimized_Orangutan t1_j8jfak9 wrote

Sure. So rural areas just don't matter? It's the same process but you got us with semantics. Be proud.

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DaddyBobMN t1_j8jgmt3 wrote

There is a difference between using words correctly and semantics.

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j8jh7p7 wrote

Idk man google rural gentrification and you’ll see a million articles about it. Not saying you aren’t correct by definition, but it seems like a common mistake. Honestly never have been told that gentrification only applies to urban communities.

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Optimized_Orangutan t1_j8jjf4c wrote

Picking a single word from a single definition despite colloquial usage is the definition of semantics.

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DaddyBobMN t1_j8jlccz wrote

I would say that arguing a seldom used, neologistic definition of a word carries equal weight to the long established original definition fits the definition of semantics far better.

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Optimized_Orangutan t1_j8jlkiv wrote

You're still just arguing semantics rather than addressing the actual argument...

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Dadfart802 t1_j8jpulz wrote

Wealthy people would be the best thing to happen to the Kingdom IMO. Maybe you’d get some services.

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