About my Topic

My topic is an exploration of how gentrification affects the local area, specifically within the realm of suburbanization and its culture. In South Carolina, the massive influx of wealthier individuals from the Northeast has created many issues for local, less well-off residents within the area who lack the economic power to prevent many historic neighborhoods, forests, and landmarks from being destroyed for the purposes of the tourist industry. Also, even though the tourist industry, which is the largest and most profitable in Horry County, is supposed to facilitate wealth to locals as well, that is not happening. On the contrary, where locals are experiencing higher costs of living especially in housing.