I think both are a mixed bag. White flight usually means money and business is sucked from the area. Gentrification, specifically in SF's case, means displaci

I think both are a mixed bag. White flight usually means money and business is sucked from the area. Gentrification, specifically in SF's case, means displacing long-term citizens and worry about replacing interesting and eclectic people and businesses, who were doing well otherwise, with boring wealthier people who inflate prices beyond what a "normal" person can afford.