Are rents rising in your Philly neighborhood? Don't blame the baristas
- Written by Geoff Moss, Professor of Sociology, Temple University
Sociology researchers at Temple University interviewed 61 Philadelphia baristas who work in gentrifying neighborhoods. Maskot/Getty ImagesBaristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the “shock troops” of urban gentrification – and it’s no different in...







