Is Lowell Massachusetts going through gentrification?

Answer 1

Yes, absolutely. When Lowell lost its manufacturing base, as jobs were moved to other states and overseas, it endured a difficult period of time when much of the city fell into disrepair. That began changing in the mid 1970s when the University of Lowell (today University of Massachusetts/ Lowell) began to grow. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Lowell reinvented itself, opening new museums including several that paid tribute to the city's mill and manufacturing past); hosting a minor league Baseball team; and attracting a wide range of ethnic groups, as well as new apartments and affordable homes. Today, like most cities, Lowell still has neighborhoods that have not come back and would still be considered run-down; but it also has attractive, upwardly mobile neighborhoods, and a number of new (and expensive) homes and apartments, where young professionals live and work.