As the news circulated this week that a new store, Good Neighbour, is opening soon in Leslieville, it’s apparent that the neighbourhood is continuing on its expected gentrification trajectory. Critics might say that this is one more nail in the coffin, for the accessibility of the neighbourhood. I believe it’s a natural and positive progression. And a good thing for retail.   Gentrification: a bad word? (Or the natural order of things?) By definition, gentrification is the renewal or transformation of urban working class neighbourhoods into middle or even upper-class neighbourhoods. The term can conjure fear and ire in long-time[…]