Damn, This Neighborhood Is Changing: Damn, This Neighborhood Is Changing

Norway has historically been a predominately mono-culture, yet it’s growing as a multi-cultural society. The neighborhoods of Grønland and Tøyen border one another, and they’re the most diverse neighborhoods in Norway. They’ve been targeted by real estate developers for gentrification because they’re walking distance to central Oslo. For many years both Grønland and Tøyen were the cheapest neighborhoods in Oslo, but they were viewed as undesirable because of social issues: crime, drugs and lower income residents. One of the most appealing characteristics of the two neighborhoods is diversity and that is at risk because of gentrification, which is forcing many African and Muslims to leave due to the higher cost of living.
Damn, This Neighborhood Is Changing, Tøyen, Norway

Norway has historically been a predominately mono-culture, yet it’s growing as a multi-cultural society. The neighborhoods of Grønland and Tøyen border one another, and they’re the most diverse neighborhoods in Norway. They’ve been targeted by real estate developers for gentrification because they’re walking distance to central Oslo. For many years both Grønland and Tøyen were the cheapest neighborhoods in Oslo, but they were viewed as undesirable because of social issues: crime, drugs and lower income residents. One of the most appealing characteristics of the two neighborhoods is diversity and that is at risk because of gentrification, which is forcing many African and Muslims to leave due to the higher cost of living.