What’s in a Reputation?

The neighborhoods discussed, which are currently undergoing “gentrification” were not known a few years ago as even remotely upscale areas. Harlem especially, to many people, still conjures up an image of a typical low income, low class area, even though Harlem of today is moving away from that reality pretty quickly. How long do you think it will take for the reputation of the neighborhood to catch up to the reality? Do you think neighborhood reputation changes quicker or slower than does actual change in the neighborhood? Does this process depend on whether the neighborhood is gentrifying or decaying?

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