they became part of the low-income population of the city, receiving low to moderate education, and becoming a group of people that “didn’t belong,” resulting in “severe economic dislocation” (Sanchez Ruiz, 2006).
The first phase of Puerto Rican gentrification displaced most of the early residents to what is now the home away from home of the Puerto Rican culture, Humboldt Park. When whites, hospitals, and Universities became interested in the Lincoln Park area, of which is where the majority of Puerto…
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