COMMUNITIES & URBANIZATION Introduction George Murdock once said that a community is one of the two truly universal units of society organization‚ the other one being family (Schaefer‚ 461). We are all part of a community‚ and in many cases‚ we are a part of multiple ones. In chapter 20 of our textbook‚ we are looking at communities and urbanization. It discusses urbanization and how communities originate. It also looks at the different types of communities. Communities are defined as "a
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average suburb‚ convey a content mood‚ and establish the meaning‚ which is that everyone is born and everyone dies‚ regardless of what happens in between. The strange‚ confusing syntax is the first thing the reader notices about this poem because of the title. “a pretty how town” seems to be a mistake‚ because at first it does not make sense; as one reads and interprets the poem‚ it begins to make more sense. The town in which this poem is set in is very average and mundane‚ but the suburb is a metaphor
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Gothic Revival‚ it started to lose upper-class residents because the newly-operational IRT subway in early the early 1900s‚ made it easy for the masses to travel freely to and from the once-secluded neighborhood. When the wealthy people left for the suburbs‚ many of the brownstones were divided into rooming houses for lower-income occupants (Osman 2011). When the depression hit in 1929‚ nearly one-third of the houses in Brooklyn Heights were boarded up due to bank foreclosures. Eventually‚ the neighborhood
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was the model on which the North American automobile suburb was built. How are modern suburbs different from this original version? Levitt and Sons designed a small house on one floor and an unfinished "expansion attic" that could be rapidly constructed and as rapidly rented out to returning GIs and their young families. Levitt and Sons built the community with an eye towards speed‚ efficiency‚ and cost-effective construction. Modern suburbs are different from this original version by being built
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Aim of the project Land of freedom‚ land of opportunities and American dream are‚ among others‚ some of the most recurrent topics when referring to American Culture. American entertainment‚ music‚ cinema and media industries have contributed to build an idealist image vastly widespread around the whole world about the American way of life‚ which is strongly linked to values of freedom‚ equity and abundance. America is presented like the land where everyman has an opportunity and social mobility
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Custom Eyes in Harper Woods‚ Michigan‚ before going into business for herself as the owner of Lovely Lashes in Utica‚ Michigan. Ms. Shorter relocated to greater Dallas‚ Texas‚ in 2010‚ finding work with Sports Clips and Great Clips locations in the suburb of Plano. Her responsibilities with these two franchises included cutting/styling hair and recommending appropriate beauty
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of Detroit residents to surrounding cities and counties‚ the wedge between Detroit and the suburbs has grown wider. Detroit‚ once considered the crown jewel of the state of Michigan‚ is now treated as an immovable stain by its surrounding municipalities. What this means for the metro Detroit area is a high level of governmental fragmentation‚ preventing economic opportunities for both the city and its suburbs. This is especially unfortunate for the economy of the metro Detroit area because of the current
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Duffys Forest Summary Duffys Forest is a northern Sydney suburb that sits about 28 kilometres from the central business district. It is part of the Northern Beaches and is also part of the Forest District. The biggest attraction and claim to fame for Duffys Forest is the Waratah Park Earth Sanctuary that was closed down in the 1970s due to the lack of tourists. This sanctuary was where they filmed the show‚ Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. In August of 2009‚ all animals were removed from the sanctuary and
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and the environment. The first stanza starts off in a relaxed tone; the poet uses words such as cruising and Sunday to give a free and easygoing feeling. The poet gives and image of a quiet‚ ordered‚ and uniform suburb. “the houses in pedantic rows”. It seems that she is praising the suburb but I think she is actually criticising it‚ and thinks it is too orderly and unnatural the tone changes to a critical and sarcastic tone. I think that the line “sanitary trees‚ assert levelness of surface like rebuke
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conformity that wouldn’t allow certain races to participate. These issues stuck out like a sore thumb and pushed civilians to work toward civil justice. World War II has affected modern life in such a simple way and affects more than we think. From the suburbs to the civil rights movement‚ life has been affected by what happened in the war and the precautions that the U.S. has taken to keep America and its economy on its
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