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using examples of famous artists. If students live in a rural area they do not have as many resources. Cities offer the best resources for schools, and therefore they are great places to live. Not only are there educational benefits, one can also find more things to buy in the city. While anyone with internet access can shop, there is nothing like trying things on in a beautiful store in a city. The super malls have hundreds of stores to shop in. The shopping mall is usually applied to enclosed…

New York City by implementing the different incentive schemes aimed at curbing the development of high density communities, provision of adequate public facilities, reducing public budgets by shifting maintenance costs to developers and creation of a vibrant urban center well connected by plazas, pedestrian walks and such. However, such schemes need to be readjusted to avoid unwanted results such as oversupply and high vacancy rates. Due to its success in achieving these objectives 17.2% of…

Purnomo (2009) stated the movement from rural to urban areas will indirectly result in the process of development and urbanization. The world is experiencing continuous urbanization when people migrate to cities to seek for a good job, educational opportunities and a better standard of living (UNFPA, 1999). Migration may cause economic, social and cultural improvements for some people but also it can contribute to negative consequences in the overall urban environment especially a very low…

Urban Community and Lifestyle Urban communities are well developed areas where there is a large density of people living. Often an urban area is the region around a city and primarily consists of commercial buildings, houses, motorways, bridges, and railroads. According to the United States Census Bureau in 2010 there was 249,253,271 people living in urban areas, which is eighty-one percent of the U.S. population (2010 Census Urban and Rural Classification and Urban Area Criteria, n.d.). To gain…

Third world refers the developing countries, which was initially neutral political states, but it becomes either under influence of capitalism or socialism. It is because the third world countries failed to develop economically after independence of colonization, they still rely on external body. The major differences between the first…

possibilities; The San Francisco Bay Area is one that cannot compare to any other area in the world. Not less than one year ago, my family and I traveled to the beautiful city of San Francisco. Originally this trip was so we could spend time with my aunt who lives in the area. Although that was fun, my trip had a much deeper meaning to me. The city made a huge impression on me. I learned that I would like to spend my life and attend college in this stunning area. From the cultural diversity, to…

Some people say that there is a difference between urban and suburban sprawl. Mrs. Lowry states that urban and suburban sprawl is the same thing as urban sprawl is people leaving the cities for housing options that allow them to spread out more but still close enough to the city to work. This is exactly was suburban sprawl is. However, suburban areas encourage more commuting as it takes longer to get from place to place, which increases gas emissions, and using farmlands as land for new housing…

Sports franchises and cities are usually viewed as a good mix, the people of the city support their team and vice-versa, but what fails to be recognized is the great cost at which a team comes to a city. As a prime example, the Minnesota Vikings are the longest-living sports franchise in Minnesota, they were founded in 1961. However, in 2016 the new US Bank Stadium opened upon the ground that used to hold the HHH Metrodome, this new stadium costed over 1 billion dollars, and fifty-percent of it…

strain on large cities due to the lack of adequate housing for all of the new residents. The traditional high-density residential buildings cities once depended on to house their citizens can no…

The area of Metro Center is largely inhabited by commercial businesses with major through traffic coming from a neighboring interstate, downtown Nashville, and two nearby universities. Because of the overwhelming commercial presence in Metro Center, the housing options are limited and traditional single-family homes are nonexistent. Only four apartment duplexes are located in the area, with the maximum number of bedrooms being three, leaving little space to grow a family. Not only are options…