Neighborhoods

Neighborhood of the Future: My neighborhood is dull, uninteresting, and monotonous. All the houses are just clones of each other, and there is no basketball court, nor a playground. Neighborhoods should be a sacred place where one should grow up in, or raise one's children at. Not some place where one, or one's children cannot have an enjoyable time at. That is why, if I had to design a neighborhood of the future mine would be spectacular. For example, mine would have a basketball court, a park,…

once most populated cities in United States had declared bankruptcy of $18 billion debt (Davey & Walsh, 2013, p. A1). As a result, there were less jobs available and many people had moved away to find a better life. In the article, Most Dangerous Neighborhoods: Detroit Home To 3 Most Violent Areas In America by Kate Abbey-Lambertz (2013), Detroit, Michigan was once most beautiful city is now abandoned. This essay will analyze how the city of Detroit, Michigan became one of the most dangerous…

Neighborhood Profile: DUMBO One of Brooklyn’s trendiest neighborhoods, DUMBO is now a hotbed for tech, media, retail, art galleries and creative services companies in New York City. Once an industrial enclave situated on the Brooklyn waterfront, the neighborhood now boasts one of the highest concentrations of technology and new media companies in the city. As with many other Brooklyn neighborhoods, DUMBO has undergone rapid changes in recent years. Overview DUMBO, short for Down Under Manhattan…

On the first day of class each student was tasked to interview a fellow classmate. I interviewed Hayley Edgar who was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on May 15th, 1993. She graduated from Portsmouth High School back in 2011. Now she spends her time at Great Bay Community College pursing her Liberal Arts degree or working as an assistant she goes sailing and swimming much like the people who originally settled her hometown of Portsmouth.. Hayley really doesn’t know what she wants to do later in…

These deleterious neighborhood effects have been studied mostly with respect to blacks, but, as the United States has experienced renewed immigration, evidence has also begun to point to similar problems among other groups of immigrants from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. This evidence, for the most part, comes from studies of youthful gang members and drug dealers (Bourgois, 1995; Chin, 1996; Moore, 1978, 1991; Padilla, 1992; Pinderhughes, 1997; Sullivan, 1989; Vigil, 1988; Vigil and Yun,…

Essay A I was born and raised in Vietnam for 15 years. The community where I lived have a lot of kind-hearted people. Being a part of that neighborhood has been a big influence on me as a person. I was born into a middle class family. However, my community is a poor area of a city where most people do odd jobs and manual labor. And they all work really hard to make a living. I don’t know if this exists in America or not, but in Vietnam, rich people live in big and luxurious houses. And they…

to the Chatham area and succeed within this area? African Americans have been found in this neighborhood due to many factors: low income, low employment rate, and selling houses at low rates. Chatham neighborhood consist of African Americans in the middle-class status. To reach a result of this conflict, I will focus on African Americans success and reasons of being in this area. Chatham is the neighborhood to be discussed because I am not familiar with it and it is located near me. Extended…

“Neighborhood watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer” (“Neighborhood Watch”). Neighborhood watch programs were created in the late 1960’s, due to a high rise in crime. The crime prevention program was created to dwindle the citizen’s fear of crime, making the citizens feel like they had a choice in whether or not crime could or could not occur in their area.…

Poverty is a causal nexus for many problems in American neighborhoods. Baltimore, a city once known for its thriving economy during the manufacturing era saw its socio-economic downfall when the manufacturing era ended and poverty became a looming reality for many of its residents. Although Federal and state governments have tried relentlessly to revive Baltimore, substance abuse, racial segregation, and violence caused by the then rapidly declining economy diffused in the fabric of the city.…

I never really thought of my neighborhood as a possible place for crime to occur, but after doing the safety assessment I found that my neighborhood would be a pretty perfect place to commit a crime. I have lived in the same place for majority of my life and have always just felt safe and protected. I know all of my neighbors and because they are all older there's not many young people around disturbing the peace. The most action my neighborhood gets is after school hours, many students walk…