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focuses on those who cannot otherwise afford to spay and neuter their pets or local strays. They have three categories for low-income vouchers: 1. Fall below a median income level in the Phelps County area a. 1-2 people: $30,000 or less for total household income b. Over 2…

community with extremely ethnically - diverse . The average household size up to 3.4 and a family size of 3.77 .Many families live here and commute about an hour to work .Affordable home prices ,rent is fairly lower than most cities . Demographic-approximate size of community ,average age ,household income ,ethnicity ,language spoken Being a mid size city , the size of community 1,571 per square mile . Average age 29, 18, 12 , average household income of $47,143 . Victorville racial , ethnic …

The Obscure Segregation in Charlottesville Public Schools It has been 51 years since the Civil Rights Act ended the state and local laws requiring the segregation of whites from colored students in public schools, but a new form of segregation is alive in Charlottesville today. With the ever widening diversity in our country, it is hard to believe that a separatist mentality can still exist, after all we’ve had our first African American elected President of the United States. However, it…

Migration becomes a household strategy in attempting to improve the lives of those involved and their families. This is evident among Japanese, which has meant eventual family reunification in the U.S. At the same time, industrialization and urbanization has brought about more…

Wealth is still affected by the legacy of racial discrimination (2013). Kochlar, Fry, and Taylor (2013) state “the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black household and 18 times that of Hispanic households” (p. 190). For example, many people in marginalized do not have established credit, which is needed for major purchases such as houses that create wealth for families (Collins, Yeskel, & United for a Fair Economy…

it starts before schooling ever begins. On average, Latinos households have higher rates of poverty and lower average annual household income. However, this is a grouping of all Latinos and we see that not all Latinos are alike. For example, Cubans Americans tend to be among the “well off” Latinos with average household incomes above $40,000 while Mexican and Puerto Rican origin households tend to be less well off, with average household incomes below that of even African-Americans (Bean 2001).…

focus on their main goals. Due to the success rate of college graduates with a bachelors degree you can tell that social and cultural capital in Stony Brook gives the one twin a better outcome. Also, because of the high income of a median sized household in Stony Brook, this twin may be given the time to just focus on their schooling and may not have to work. The twin in Patchogue however, may drop out of high school or college to get a full-time job in order to pay bills, or help out their…

Successful Life Past and Present It is frequently repined by a multitude of Americans that not all citizens are given a fair chance to be successful in our country. The successful life can be thought of having some money and being debt free before the last half to the 3rd quarter of one’s life. However, many also think that having a nice car or house can also be considered as a successful life. Although numerous Americans think that it’s not possible to be this successful in America, due to an…

if someone’s income is not contributing to the economy, the person must be replaced with high or moderate income people. Similarly, when the rents of house stock increase, low income households are priced out of the community. For example, from 1990 to 1997 the number of household with income less than ten thousand had decreased by twenty-six percent. The city’s renovation program to transform the long neglected buildings is paving a way to uproot the older settlers.From 1970s…

The telegraph was a very simple and efficient method to send messages developed by Samuel Morse and a group of other inventors in the 1830s and 1840s. A combination of dots and dashes were assigned to each letter. To send a message the operator key would be pushed down to complete the battery’s electrical circuit and the amount of time you held the operator key would determine if it is a dot or dash. This would then transmit an electrical signal through the wires laid in between stations to the…