Research on how neighborhood racial composition affects where gentrification unfolds yields mixed conclusions, but these studies either capture broad national trends or highly segregated cities. Drawing on the case of Seattle—a majority–White city with low segregation levels and growing ethnoracial diversity—this study uncovers an underexplored mechanism shaping patterns of uneven development and residential selection in the contemporary city: immigrant replenishment. The share of all minorities is negatively associated with gentrification during the 1970s and 1980s, and, in contrast to expectations, shares of Blacks positively predict recent gentrification while shares of Asians negatively predict it. Increased concentrations of recent immigrants in neighborhoods with greater shares of Asians explain these relationships. These findings suggest that where arriving immigrants move limits residential selection in gentrification and shifts pressures to low–cost Black neighborhoods. This study highlights how immigration and points of entry are important factors for understanding uneven development in the contemporary city and has implications for the future of racial stratification as cities transform.

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没有隔离的绅士化？多元化城市中的种族、移民和复兴

关于邻里种族构成如何影响高档化发展的研究得出了不同的结论，但这些研究要么捕捉到广泛的全国趋势，要么捕捉到高度隔离的城市。借鉴西雅图的案例——一个种族隔离水平低且种族多样性不断增长的白人城市——本研究揭示了一个未充分探索的机制，塑造了当代城市中不均衡发展和住宅选择的模式：移民补充。在 1970 年代和 1980 年代，所有少数族裔的份额与高档化呈负相关，与预期相反，黑人的份额积极预测最近的高档化，而亚洲人的份额负面预测。亚洲人比例较高的社区中新移民的集中度增加解释了这些关系。这些发现表明，到达的移民移动的地方限制了高档化的住宅选择，并将压力转移到低成本的黑人社区。这项研究强调了移民和入境点如何成为理解当代城市不均衡发展的重要因素，并对城市转型时种族分层的未来产生影响。