Building Suburbia Review In this book Hayden writes about suburban neighborhoods and how they came to be and were developed. She starts with what she labels “borderlands which takes place in the 1820’s. Hayden then goes onto picturesque enclaves which starts with the 1950’s‚ then proceeds to streetcar buildouts starting with the year 1870’s. Then moves onto mail-order and self-built suburbs covering the 1900’s and then onto sitcom suburbs starting in the 1940’s. She writes about edge nodes in
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moved into newly built suburban neighborhoods.” (Kallen ‚Pg # ) Commentary In the 1950s Americans seemed to be on the move as each year‚ one out of every five families shifted. This led to a lot of new
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the large cities to produce more compact development‚ shorter travel distances and less dependence on automobiles.” (Forster 2004‚ p.171). Some of the main negative issues that is caused by urban consolidation are a drop in value of pre-existing suburban housing‚ an overload of public resources in over-crowded cities and traffic and transport inconviences. There are many benefits to urban consolidation which involve lower short term envirnomental impacts and high levels of convience‚ but at the same
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individual variable considered is Location. It is a qualitative variable. The three subcategories are Urban‚ Suburban and Rural. Since this is a qualitative variable‚ the measures of central tendency and descriptive statistics has not been computed for this variable. The frequency distribution and pie chart are given as follows: Frequency Distribution: | Location | Frequency | Urban | 21 | Suburban | 15 | Rural | 14 | From the frequency distribution and pie chart‚ it is clearly stated that the
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the greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus. Field uses this myth to describe a contemporary society in which similar circumstances are present. Both Icarus and the subject of the poem “drowned” yet Icarus was a hero while the modern man returned to a suburban prison. Field utilizes literary devices such as jarring diction‚ imagery‚ and compare and contrast to adapt the Icarus myth to a darkly contemporary setting. Field paints imagery throughout the poem in order to lunge the Icarus myth into a darkly
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Physical Environment- Art Essay Artists are influenced by a variety of factors that show reflection in the works they create. They express their emotions and feelings in a visual way because they are appreciative of what they see; hence the environment they see every day -whether being natural or manmade- can be a major influence for many artists. Eugene von Guerard (traditionalist)‚ Howard Arkley (modernist) and Andy Goldsworthy (post-modernist) are three examples of artists from three different
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the Community: The Existence of Gangs Since the beginning of the decade‚ contemporary gangs‚ also known as youth or delinquent gangs‚ have become a widespread threat to communities throughout the nation‚ in particular within suburban communities. In 2001‚ 35% of suburban counties reported gang activity. Once considered largely as an urban phenomenon‚ gangs have increasingly emerged in smaller communities‚ presenting a challenge that severely damages local resources. As these gang related crimes
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In Pyrmont‚ high rise buildings are everywhere and they are still being built continuously‚ even though the area is packed with buildings and the spaces between the buildings are very narrow. My focus questions relating to the spatial dimension concentrates on why the area is so dense and why high rise buildings were built. The results I have acquired are from local newspapers‚ which had reported about the history of Pyrmont and how it started developing into a high rise area‚ and from my observations
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believe that there are angels with marshmallow feathers and glowing eyes living above with satisfaction gleaming in their bodies; i’d like to believe my identity will be considered valid in the future when i don’t have a husband or children or a suburban home by my family and myself; i hope i learn to not laugh at death and learn to skip stones and swim in deep water without hugging my knees to my chest while holding my breath; in the future i can’t wait to be living truly at five am with a
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buses are too old‚ so many people choose to use their own cars. However‚ when governments spend more money on public transportation‚ many people will benefit from the spending. For example‚ the governments expand bus routes to suburban areas‚ so people who live in the suburban areas can come to the city very easily. One benefit if the governments build more subways or trains which connect to bus routes or other transportation is that it is unnecessary for people to use their own cars because they
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