Text 1: Urban historian Dr. Rachel Wong studies gentrification. "Rising property values displace long-term residents who built neighborhood character," Wong writes. "Cultural institutions, small businesses, and community networks dissolve as original inhabitants can no longer afford to stay."
Text 2: City planner Dr. Marcus Lee highlights complexity. "Neighborhood change includes declining crime, improved services, and increased investment," Lee notes. "While displacement is real, calling all neighborhood improvement 'gentrification' ignores benefits some existing residents experience."
How does Lee's analysis complicate Wong's framing?
By showing gentrification has never occurred anywhere
By noting that neighborhood change can include benefits for some existing residents
By arguing displaced residents don't actually suffer
By claiming property values never increase
Correct Answer: B
Choice B is the correct answer. Lee adds that change brings "declining crime, improved services" that "some existing residents experience" positively. Wong's focus on displacement obscures benefits to remaining residents.
- Evidence: Lee: "benefits some existing residents experience."
- Reasoning: Pure displacement narrative misses residents who benefit.
- Conclusion: Lee complicates by noting change isn't uniformly negative.
Choice A is incorrect because Lee acknowledges displacement is real. Choice C is incorrect because Lee doesn't deny suffering. Choice D is incorrect because Lee doesn't dispute rising values.