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

February 5, 2008

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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