Trendy district

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Trendy district (depending on the context, also Kiez , trendy or trendy district ) is a slang term for a city ​​district characterized by a special socio-cultural milieu . The name is used in different contexts for different urban quarters. The term is widely used in travel guides , tabloid magazines , and in descriptions and advertisements of the real estate market .

Districts with youth culture or students , but also districts with increased leisure activities or nightlife are also referred to as trendy districts, as are alternative living quarters , lesbian and gay districts , artist or red light districts .

Residential areas that are referred to as trendy areas can be understood as urban sociotopes . These trendy districts offer specific social groups a living space that encourages the respective group. In particular, low rents and a central location favor the influx of students or artists. Well-connected block edge districts with a large number of old buildings are particularly popular with city residents thanks to local transport and cycling infrastructure . Shops and facilities corresponding to the respective social group promote the attractiveness of the residential area for the respective group. Student, alternative and artistic districts are often subject to the mechanisms of gentrification with increasing popularity and increasing incomes of former students .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trendviertel 2014: Where buying real estate is still worthwhile . In: Handelsblatt , June 6, 2014
  2. ↑ In-Viertel: Where living is hip . In: Der Tagesspiegel , August 18, 2007
  3. ↑ Definition of terms in Duden .de
  4. ↑ Housing market: students as price drivers. In: Spiegel Online
  5. ↑ Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll. ( Memento from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: max.de
  6. ↑ Thomas Schröder: Barcelona 2011 p. 112 f
  7. ↑ Glockenbachviertel - pub stop for the trendy district. In: evening newspaper
  8. ↑ Travel advice for the New York borough of SoHo
  9. ^ Report on the Gostenhof district
  10. ↑ Advertising text for a guided tour of the Reeperbahn
  11. ^ Press report about the activities of the Hells Angels in Hanover's Steintorviertel
  12. ↑ Karin Wiest, André Hill: Gentle gentrification, studentization and islands of ethnic concentration in East German inner-city outskirts? In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung (RuR) , Heft 6, 2007, p. 361 f.
  13. ↑ Townspeople like old-style apartments in block-edge districts . In: Basler Zeitung , November 21, 2013
  14. ↑ a b Young, single seeks ... In: Frankfurter Rundschau , February 27, 2009