City-building games

Chicago began as a city based mainly on commerce based on its location alongside the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. As a result of these two natural landmarks, its location was only logical for setting up a crossroad between the West and the East, as well as an area of trading between the natives and settlers. Over time however, Chicago will keep its label as a city based on commerce however will begin a transition towards a true modern city for residents that can even rival the likes of New…

incomparable than living in Houston, Texas. Tsorona was a very rural place. The houses were made of clay. There was not any roads cars can go through, in fact people rarely see cars. It was not urbanized as my new home Houston. Houston was full of tall buildings that can touch the sky. The roads were full of highways, traffic lights, and many cars! There were a lot of apartments as well as magnificent houses. However, apartments and beautiful houses did not exist in Tsorona. The moment I…

Sociology is a major basis of human nature and history, it helps make us who we are as a community of human beings. Values are sets of shared beliefs and that most people in the community feel are important. Urban forests target values that city dwellers give up in the metal and concrete world. According to the Sinclair et al. (2014) study, there are six values that the residents of Winnipeg, Canada felt urban forests re-kindled in them. The first theme was the view that was obtained through…

In Becky Nicolaides’ chapter titled, “How Hell Moved from the City to the Suburbs”, she gently and respectively rejects the perception of suburbia that most of American’s hold in their minds today. Inside this book, “The New Suburban History”, Nicolaides explains why the great urban scholars and writers of the 1950’s and 1960’s painted the wrong picture of the “hell” suburbia was and is seen today. Her opinion may be difficult to undercover in the beginning of her piece due to her mostly…

result cities were growing constantly. People that lived in rural arias moved to the cities to look for jobs. Booming cities also brought shiploads of immigrants from Europe looking to escape harsh economic conditions and persecution inflicted upon them. Rapid and constant change of the city of Chicago peaked interests of two researchers looking to make name for themselves. Park and Burgess (1925) were interested to see firsthand human competition for limited space. After observing the city…

to successfully influence local politicians, control law enforcement, and move across various social lines in the community”(Kahne, Small-Town Mafia).Even in a smaller environment, the mob still often operated in a similar manner to one in a larger city. First they gained financial power through gambling, and then were able to gain political power. Once they had both political and economic power, their ability to control their area often relied on using a combination of…

funding source for an extensive range of undertakings that is directed toward neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and community services, including rehabilitation assistance, code enforcement, clearance, demolition, and removal of buildings. Therefore, localities should engaged in various strategies to try to reduce the costs and other negative impacts that vacant properties and neighborhood blight create in the communities. Hence,…

As human beings, we desire a life comprised of wellness, happiness, and enriched with quality. In order for these desires to maintain a level of trueness an individual’s health must be maintained. In a perfect world, these ideals could be easily met without any barriers or complications however, we live in reality. Within this world, particularly in the United States, access to health care is a barrier for some individuals. This issue impacts millions of American citizens on a daily basis and…

“Regenerating America’s Legacy Cities” shows perfect image of the top cities in the United States. Over the past few decades these legacy cities have experienced sustained job and population loss. This report suggests the mighty obstacles that stand in the way of fundamental change, and suggests directions by which cities can overcome those obstacles. The extremely poor conditions of Detroit and Cleveland make an author doubtful in the sense of progress. There is no demand for housing or any…

criminology research concentrated on urban areas, especially big cities because of their high crime rates than in suburbs or rural areas (Roh & Choo, 2008). With the new era in crime brought a great demands to focus on the suburbs area describe as zone of commuters predominately composed of the white middle class people (Roh & Choo, 2008). Since the 1950, the population grew with poor immigrant workers moving into the inner city seeking employment, and the older residents moving into…