Slow Train Comin'... Irish Riviera Gentrification: Duxbury Beach
Is Gentrification changing the character of the Irish Riviera? Duxbury Beach, the very tiny slice of Irish Riviera that the gods allotted Duxbury, will be today's case study. Duxbury Beach is the smallest Irish Riviera neighborhood outside of Gurnet/Saquish, and is thusly easier to scout for this phenomena than somewhere which jams people thickly along the coastline like Scituate or Hull does. About half of Marshfield's population is within a mile of the ocean. The DBC is about 2% of Duxbury's population. Changes here are instantly noticeable. Size doesn't matter, as I tell my girlfriends. Gentrification of beach neighborhoods is inevitable. You just see it easier in a small village. Gentrification is an influx of wealthier residents into a formerly working class neighborhood which gradually changes the character of the neighborhood. The causes are legion, but they almost all tie to money eventually. Someone is giving up a house for monetary reasons, and someone is b