ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the journeys of men and women who move into urban areas subject to gentrification. I use the metaphor of journey for several reasons. First, it is a metaphor widely used in the narratives people in urbanized western societies construct about their lives, and so I use it to flag up a focus on personal accounts and subjective experiences. Second, in its everyday use, ‘journey’ suggests movement through time and through space, dimensions of experience I foreground in this chapter. Third, the term ‘journey’ draws attention to continuing movement, which I wish to evoke in relation to people’s current places of residence.
