Essays on Neighborhood

Though stories vary greatly from one another, good stories have similar literary elements in common which make them a good story. This essay judges James Baldwin’s story Sonny’s Blues based on this criteria of characters, setting, and point of view and conflict.
Baldwin’s story features two protagonists, Sonny and his brother and his older, protective brother. Both are from an economically disadvantaged black neighborhood. Sonny is a musician, and as do many musicians, he used drugs. The reader is introduced to Sonny when he has just gotten out of jail and is no longer using drugs,

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The rock I found was gray in color and appeared to be silky in the sun. As I checked the internet to identify the kind of rock I found, I learned that it was slate. This kind of rock is found in some garden in my neighborhood, with some used as slate gravel while others as stepping stones. Not far from my house, I saw a house with slate as its roof.
Judging by the color and texture of my rock, and the powdery grain that was left in my hands after rubbing it, I surmised that ash is

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Economic segregation can be defined as the extent to which persons of different social classes live amongst each other. A study conducted in 2010 indicates that roughly 76 percent of people in the United States live in middle class. This has changed rapidly overtime. Economic segregation is mostly associated with racial discrimination. Racial segregation on the other hand refers to separation of certain races of people, mostly facilitated by income disparities. In a normal society, the tendency of people to identify themselves with a certain class is common. These classes are based on factors such as social status, income

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Introduction

Neighborhood study is the examination of the amenities, living conditions and the general environment of a residential estate from a critical perspective. Sheepshead Bay is a residential neighborhood in Brooklyn in New York. The neighborhood features low and medium rise residential apartments ideal for families. The most outstanding feature in the neighborhood is the bay where fishing activities and water transport facilities are available. The critical review of the neighborhood will be tempered by concepts of architectural design and the effects of their interaction with the environment. These are concepts defined by David woods and Gary Hack in their

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The Free Dictionary defines will as the mental faculty that enables an individual to choose of decide upon a particular course of action. It is in this light that some people hold the belief that the greatest good in view is what determines the will. This is based on the theory of utilitarianism mainly fronted by philosopher John Stuart Mill. Utilitarianism holds that an action is good if it brings maximum happiness for the greatest number of people. In essence, this means that such an action causes more happiness but less suffering. For example, politicians will pass a certain

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Introducing yourself to your new neighbors becomes easy if you have been invited for a “get -together” soon after you have moved into a new neighbourhood. It gives you the opportunity to get acquainted. However, it is suggested that you do your homework before you attend the get together.
Carefully observe your neighborhood, study the people around you. Some may have kids; others may be elderly while some may be newly married. According to Goldman (2013), having kids gives you a reason to look out for playgroups and mingle with other parents. Try to find out the common characteristics

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The house that had been built across the street was owned by a Tallmadge sister. In the year 1941 it was the Japanese consulate and had been occupied by adults who were not related in any way. The adults seemed to be made up of a therapy group. There was also another neighboring house that was owned by a synanon. I can remember seeing a rental sign in one of the houses that were around the Conner that was once a Canadian consulate. The house contained 28 rooms and two close sets that were refrigerated. The house would only

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Discuss specific examples of how Musicians' Village fosters a sense of community among its residents.

Musicians' Village is a neighborhood in New Orleans, which was built mostly for musicians after the hurricane Katrina. 80% of people who live in this community are musicians. That is one example of how Musician's Village fosters a sense of community. Music is very important for people living there. They believe they breathe music and that it is in the air, in the water, and for them music is everything. Al "Carnival Time" Johnson says that music is a form of life in New Orleans. Another resident, Michael Harris, says that he was in Brazil at the time of

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“A Raisin in the Sun” is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. It tells the story of a 1950’s African-American family, the Youngers, living on the South Side of Chicago. As the play begins, many themes could arguably be considered the most important. Each one speaks to an important part of sociology, and even American history. Dreams are coming to fruition for many members of the play, and the characters show how important it can be, throughout their discourse, to follow those dreams. The importance of family is also evident throughout Hansberry’s play, as we see Walter

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Introduction

The Phencyclidine is a recreational drug that is also called PCP and Angle dust. According to research, it shows that the drug came to the market as early as the 1950s. It has been stated that it belongs to the dissociative anesthetic. In to the records, it shows that in 1965 the drug was removed from the market because of the effects that it contains. The effects came from the number of reports that was stated by the users of the drugs about what was happening to their bodies. The drug was mainly used for anesthetic purposes in order

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Nice and peaceful. Just the way I like it.
I set the shovel to one side and wiped the sweat from my brow. I will just wash away the traces of dirt that smeared by face as the mud-stricken gloves accidentally brushed my flushed cheeks. I looked around one more time just to make sure that nobody saw me. At 3:00 am on a cold October dusk, I could never be sure. Teenagers nowadays stay awake nibbling on their laptops. It was hard work but well worth it, considering the consequences of not doing it. My hand reached for

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Introduction

Somewhere around the midst of the twentieth century, policymakers, and activists were anxious about the decline of the inner city across the United States. The reason was that the people with money were going for the suburbs. However, the widespread reports and notions of the demise of American cities proved to be untrue. At the start of 1970s (What is Gentrification 2003), the urban life began to revive, and one finds most of the cities thriving once more and with more vigor. What we find here is Gentrification. It means the arrival of a wealthier lot in the already

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For the people who live in small neighborhoods.

Introduction
There are a lot of things that people notice in their neighborhood, things such as a stray cat or a turned over trash can or even litter about the streets. However, there is one thing that most people do not really expect to see in their neighborhood, homeless people. There has been a lot of homeless people hanging around the neighborhood, there has even been sightings of homeless people hanging out in the 50th and Madison Street ballpark dugouts for warmth and shelter. People have been getting worried about the amount of homeless people in the neighborhood because

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The play by Lorraine Hansbury is a story that is based on the experiences of a black family within an estate in a Chicago neighborhood. Poverty and abject poverty for that matter is a central theme within the play. Various incidences and scenarios are used to describe the state of poverty of the family. The most common problems revolve around investments, and the family tends to have more conflicts in line with the money issues. Broadly, although Lorraine Hansbury’s “A Raisin in the Sun” touches on many themes, pro-integration is one of the things that come out strongly

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The Republic of East L.A. is a collection of twelve short stories by Luis J. Rodriguez, which details stories of lower income, and gang-affiliated people living in poor neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The stories painted a realistic picture of Chicano culture in the Eastern part of L.A. Each story opens a window to an important aspect of Chicano life. In the story “Las Chicas Chuecas” the author relays through story the unique struggles of Latina women in this machismo environments. Setting is crucial to understanding the unique nature for women in these conditions. An analysis of this theme makes

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The movie “Gran Torino” is a captivating drama directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie portrays broad-mindedness, hopefulness, sacrifice and cultural differences in a new perspective. Racism is directly attacked in the movie and violence has been unsympathetically abhorred. The movie succeeded in getting praises and acclamations from audiences and critics. This paper intends to discuss the movie, “Gran Torino” along with presenting an evaluation analysis of the movie.
The story is well-written and revolves around Walt Kowalski who is a retired man and a veteran of the Korean War. Director and producer Clint Eastwood has acted marvelously in the

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Central Technical School

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT 2
Introduction and Purpose
Central Technical School is comprised of high school students in grades 9 to 12. The school is located in ward 20, Trinity-Spadina, on north east corner of Bathurst Street and Harbour and is surrounded by UNIVERITY/SOUTH ANNEX neighborhood. This paper presents the community assessment of Central Technical School community members and its surrounding community. The purpose of the assessment was to investigate the community’s health equity issues which affect community members’ quality of life. This paper discusses the methods that are used to come up with necessary data, the key informants consulted,

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(Opening scene) In the opening scene she moves into the neighborhood. Men are off-loading furniture from a truck and into the house. She looks and smiles as the neighborhood looks serene, it looks like a nice place to raise her two children she thinks. The following day Brandi, Kara and Alycia all come in on the second day. They bring an assortment of cookies, cupcakes and bread to welcome their new neighbor. They engage in small talk while each of them describes to her where they live, what they do and how many kids they have. The children are

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Gentrification is a complicated phenomenon that has become a hot topic during the previous several decades since the baby boom due to its controversial impact on society, politics, economy and culture. There are many definitions of gentrification due to the notion’s complexity, but in its essence, it is a process of change of the urban inner city community, during which the low-income population is gradually substituted by the middle class one, with this change being followed by the increase in property prices, renovation, inflow of investment and general improvement of the neighborhood’s well-being. Gentrification is caused by

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As cities across the country and all around the world continue to grow and expand their borders, both physical and cultural, a question lands in citizens’ minds, although it is hardly a new one: where is the city going?
In the essays in which this paper is founded on, there are at least two major points to make regarding the shift in demographics: the first the phenomenon of gentrification (which is to say, when an urban community changes towards wealthier residents or businesses, making the property more valuable in the market); and, secondly, there is Richard Florida’s theory

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This study attempts to show the close connection between the quality of schools and residential property values in the metropolitan area. In as much as the quality of education has been integrated into pricing models of residential property, other factors such as the close proximity to each school where the house is zoned and certain neighborhood characteristics have been found to have an impact on property house values. The closer proximity to schools has a positive value to the house prices while an increase in the distance has a negative impact. The quality of education at all levels (elementary

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Introduction

People have different ways of attaining their basic need. On most occasions, they go to work in a bid to earn money that they exchange with the basic need like shelter, clothing and most importantly food (Nanda, & Richard 126). This paper gives a comprehensive discussion on how my family acquires food and the economic resources that enable my family to have access to the food and other family necessities. In addition, the assignment gives a detailed explanation on the different stakeholders including producers, distributors/wholesalers and retailers of the food products. It also includes their places of production and distribution.

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Social disorganization indicates the failure of a social institution or the social organization such as schools, real estate, business, policing, and the group networking in certain neighborhoods or communities. Social disorganization, however, has its origin in ecology, which is the study of the relations between the environment and organism. In criminology, the social disorganization is considered as the perspective as well as the theory, but ecology is considered as an approach or the school.
The social disorganization theory has, however, emerged from the research that is conducted by Shaw and Mckay in Chicago. They have discovered that the crime

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In the poem, “Mending Wall”, Robert Frost has managed to convey a strong message about individuality and division to the readers. Through the two distinct characters that he has created, he has been able to convey a strong message about the dissimilar ideas that people have concerning what results in a good neighborhood. The narrator disapproves the obsession of his neighbor with the wall repair; he considers it archaic and old-fashioned. Indeed, he is skeptical about the wall and believes that boundaries are not essential for good friendship. Conversely, the neighbor maintains his mentality that good boundaries result in

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Introduction

Economic hardships in the neighborhood have rendered healthcare relatively inaccessible to many residents, particularly due to its costliness. Still reeling from the devastating effects of the global financial crisis that led to perhaps the largest economic meltdown the United States (US) has experienced in the post-Great Depression era, the neighborhood is currently in dire, if not completely desperate, need for affordable yet quality-driven healthcare. Such could eliminate yet another impending problem its residents currently have – their declining health. Economic productivity greatly decreased in the neighborhood mainly because its residents became increasingly limited in terms of their income, in lieu

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Different aspects that structure society as well as the vicissitudes that are generally faced define a neighborhood. According to a research conducted by in the 70’s he strongly suggests that even though neighborhoods characteristics do affects a student’s educational performance, family values and backgrounds also have a strong link towards the shaping of kids education. On the contrary, even though, family backgrounds have a part to play, neighborhoods demographic is rather diversified with many conditions, which can ultimately affect the wellbeing and stability of the household itself. Therefore, as much as the family setting is important neighborhood

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The film Do the right thing, was produced and directed by Spike Lee. It is elevated towards identifying with the life of a Brooklyn neighborhood. In addition, it also directed different notions that imply the presence of racial tensions. Ideally, this film makes an effort of highlighting the dynamics related to modern urban neighborhood. Ideally, this has been done by the use of casting differentiated personalities within the movie. The major theme that stands out in this film is the peace versus conflict. Ideally, there is a static race between the perspective of conflict and peace attributes. Accordingly, the

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Introduction

In the discipline of criminology, the examination of the reasons why human beings commit a crime is very crucial especially in regards to the currently on-going debate about how to handle and prevent crime. Throughout the years, many theories that seek to explain why people engage in criminal activities have been forwarded. These theories are still being explored today, individually and sometimes in combination as people like criminologists engage in the search for the best solutions and strategies for reducing the number and types of crimes in the society.
One of the theories that has been very prevalent among

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This paper is an essay on the case of an abandoned leather tanning factory in New Jersey which is listed to be a Brownfield site due to the recent cases of childhood leukemia occurring within the neighborhood.
The Site Remediation Program mentioned that under the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act (BCSRA) which was passed in 1998 and amended in 2002, the owner of the Brownfield land can be held liable by the federal government if he or she is proven to have violated BCSRA. The owner’s responsibilities will

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Some small businesses didn’t always have to compete against giant corporations. At one time, they were the main hub for products in town. For instance, during the days of black and white television and phonographs (before the cassette players for music), Bob’s Butcher Shop was the only place in the neighborhood to get fresh cuts of steak and pork chops. Small businesses were the heartbeat of the neighborhood. Who could forget about Papa Lucci’s Pizza on 4th street or the burgers and fries by the jukebox at the Miller’s Malt Shop? Small business challenges back

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The family structure and system is considered very sacred and important in our culture and society. Although it is seems to be decreasing due to the environmental effects, experts are trying their best to ensure that immediate steps be taken that will ensure that the family system and bond remains strong and valuable.
A major influence on the family is of the environment. It plays an important role in the molding of the family structure. It has many positive as well as negative effects on the family.

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The team leader Michael has been doing a lot of work as a team leader on revitalizing this community and that he has a tacit knowledge of what it takes to do so. As a team leader, he need uses the people of the community to understand the need that affect the people who live there. Therefore, Michael employs the help of the community team to achieve his goals. Michael is in that accommodating space--he's accustomed to achieving great outcomes in the community through taking action and working with various people. He has great intuition when it comes to

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My significant event happened when I had just joined school in my old city. I never loved the neighborhood and I had very few friends around. My father got a new job in New York City, which meant that we had to relocate with him to his new domicile. This day marked the turning point for our family life. To me it was more than just the change of environment, I was sure I would attend one of the best schools in the new city, which I have always believed to be very good for academic development. My family

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Abstract

Urban centers are reliant of proper and insight planning and renewal policies in order to cope with increased social-economic demands from their populace. Milwaukee’s Washington Park and Riverwest neighborhoods contrast in some neighborhoods indictors such as housing, population, demographics, social life and economic status. While Riverwest neighborhood is lowly populated at 11, 653 residents most of whom are Caucasians, Washington Park has a small population of 1,184 dominated by African Americans. Economically the two neighborhoods have a significant difference with Washington Park boasting an average median household income of $23,327 while Riverwest households average at $30,

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Introduction

It is not secret that there is still racial inequality within society. The mass migrations to cities have left many neighborhoods overpopulated, destitute, and families mainly minorities, left holding the bag. The progress of urbanization has led to many positive and negative aspects that affect every member. As life expectancy increases, people will naturally migrate from rural areas to urban areas where there is more opportunity for sustainable living. In essence the concept of participatory design has emerged from urbanization, a tool implemented in order to include community involvement in urban planning and development. In the matter of Atlantic

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Family is defined as the basic fundamental unit in the society. It is composed of the parents and their children. The parents can both exist or one of can be present. The family share common goals and they live in one place they call home (Dickey, 2010). They share a common ancestry. Having a family is a very important thing because it helps one in having a place to call home. The family participates in activities that foster unity. The family helps a person to have strength to face the daily challenges. Families can sometimes miss one parent through

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My program of interest is the neighborhood watch program, which falls under the broad spectrum of community policing. Also referred to as the home watch, the block watch, the apartment watch or the community watch, the neighborhood watch has its roots in the year 1973 when it was first tested in the Seattle community crime prevention project (Hyde, 2012). The program is mainly concerned with active involvement of the public in safeguarding and upholding high quality of life of the residents through working in partnership with the police and other security agencies towards insuring the security and general wellbeing

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Article review; ‘Us and Them’

This review focuses on the article ‘Us and Them’, from Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. This article evaluates the relationship by people to a person they consider odd. The narrator in this story is a young boy who chronicles the adventures of his family through the various neighborhoods they have had to settle, and the peculiar habits exhibited by people in those residential places concerning socializing and fitting in the society. The narrator and his family do not strike as the most social of personalities as the narrator’s mother observed once, it was

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As a kid, I used to fantasize how it feels when people live in luxurious apartments. Now when I am grown up and turned into a wise and employed man, I have a lot to share about my new life in my six bedroom luxurious apartment. I have recently purchased this apartment and moved into this flat with my family. I would tell you about the apartment, facilities, location, and all other related features of this apartment.
For my apartment, I have to say that after much fantasizing and waiting for a new apartment, I got one that is

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Introduction

As already mentioned, college is like a jungle. While the jungle is beautiful and full of a myriad of fauna and flora, entering it provokes mixed feelings. Firstly, it is exciting and the experience inside can be quite fun. There are friendly animals, beautiful, blossoming flowers and nice trees and scenery. However, the jungle is often home to dangerous animals such as lions, cheetahs and venomous snakes. College is no different because, as it is, it is exciting as much as it is intimidating and disorienting.
When my friend Dan joined college, he was excited that he would be

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