The Uses Of Sidewalks By Jane Jacobs Summary

Sidewalks and Gangs

Even though being too friendly isn't always good, because fear is within the community with the gangs and turf wars because of people being territorial, and walking on side walks. Unfamiliar people in new places can cause neighbors to become suspicious and worried that someone new is coming into their community. In The Uses of Sidewalks by Jane Jacobs, argues “a gang appropriates as its territory certain streets or housing projects or parkers, often a combination of the three.” (Jacobs) In this statement Jacobs saying that gangs will use anything possible to form their turf and claim it as their own. More importantly its about the safety and security of the community. They are claiming something that could be used for families and they will not care where they set up their turf, just as long as it is away from the other gangs. The community people never know the intentions of new people coming into their
Suburban areas are more likely to have rapes, muggings and beatings only because they are so quiet the neighbors may not look out for one another. Its always good to be on streets where it’s a community. The suburban communities may seem like a community but some don’t even come out their homes so your more than likely to get hurt on those streets. Like explained the coffee shop was sournded by people and they may stick together. If you go into like a Starbucks where its empty most of the time, you may not have people to help you out of situations. In the inner cities they stick together, in the article she says how a person is at the bus stop and doesn’t know the bus wont run but someone calls out the window, as a useful hint that it wont be running any time soon. he could’ve been standing outside until dark if he was in a suburban area because no one would’ve came out to inform him of the