if you clicked on the article and read even the sub-title you'd realize that your comment is ridiculous. The full title is "The Real Villain in the Gentrification Story: It’s not young, upwardly mobile college grads."

The article is about how we need to build more housing immediately, which would make everyone's CoL lower, everyone's lives better, and would also go a longgg way to resolving the exact tensions you describe.

The point about NIMBYs is that the key factor preventing us from building more housing is local opposition from people who are primarily concerned about protecting the value of their house so they can resell it later.

To just straightforwardly answer your question: Move or stay wherever you want, and wherever you are, be a good community member by supporting initiatives that will help the area remain affordable to everyone.

I've been a "gentrifier" in several places and never had any issues; its as simple as being thoughtful about your role in the community and respecting your new neighbors

Live in your parents' basement forever.