The New American Gentry. Wealthy folks are colonizing rural areas, bringing cash, culture — and controversy

The word "gentrification" conjures up images of once-poor urban neighborhoods invaded by cappuccino bars and million-dollar condos. Now, broad swaths of rural America — from New England to the Rocky Mountain West — are being gussied up, too.

By CONOR DOUGHERTY

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