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    episodes (IMDb, 2016). The protagonist of the sitcom, Will Smith, is a young Black street-smart teenager born and raised in a working class neighbourhood who is forced to move to his affluent Aunt and Uncle's house in Bel-Air, California. Will's Mother forces him to move as a way of protecting his childhood from the violence taking place in his neighbourhood. The plot of the show follows Will as he adapts to his new lifestyle, while simultaneously addressing current issues through relatable…

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    Gated Community Case Study

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    (2007) [ 10 ]. Planning Guideline Gated Community and Guarded Neighbourhood issued by Ministry Of Housing And Local Government. [ 11 ]. The Star By By Elan Perumal, Salina Khalid, Stuart Michael and Lim Chia Ying “ Lower crime rate raises interest in gated townships”.(2007). [ 13 ]. This condition was as stipulated under the Uniform Building Bylaws 1984 [ 14 ]. Iproperty.com.my, “Guidelines on Gated Community & Guarded Neighbourhood (as of 2nd Sept…

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    Immigration Pull Factors

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    Attraction of immigrants can be understood by push and pull factors. Push factors are factors that are forcing them away from their home country. This could be war, political, poverty, no educational/employment opportunities. And the pull factors are the attraction of immigration city. The attraction could be policies, family, lifestyle, education/employment that pulls immigrants towards country and city could have. Usually these pull factors allow the immigrant to have a better life. Countries…

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    discrimination in the housing industry, their home and their jobs. In, A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family bought a house in a neighbourhood which largely houses white people. A man, Mr. Linder, who was the leader of the Clybourne Park Improvement Association, was sent to the Younger family to persuade them not to move into their newly bought house and the white neighbourhood. Mr. Linder, as a character, makes the theme of racism much more prominent in the plot of A Raisin in the Sun.…

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    Thus, meeting force with force has been found to be ineffective. Contrastingly, TCRU’s proposed neighbourhood targeting program involves the community and allows them to have a voice about the crime in their own neighbourhoods. Utilizing the broken windows technique is one method which promotes safety among high-crime locations where unlawful acts are encouraged to take place. However, this new program has its…

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    Car Travel Case Study

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    The data is collected through primary and secondary data. First method is conducting a case study to the neighbourhood which is considered the primary data for the study. This includes photographing and observing the travel pattern. The second method used is through self-administered survey, first is the Reveal preferences (RP) survey to determine the current choice…

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    People in lower socioeconomic classes tend to live in poor neighbourhoods with substandard housing, have few or poor medical services close by, and have a lack of options for purchasing wholesome foods. Higher socioeconomic classes have the privilege of living in comfortable neighbourhoods with the ability to travel father to attain different medical services and wholesome foods (Isaacs 1138). People who cannot obtain wholesome…

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    Diction In The Dumka

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    Through unfitting diction, setting seems inappropriately compared in The Dumka by B.H. Fairfield . Generally, the disproportionate contradiction the moods is due to word choice is evident in the poem. When Fairfield writes, “quite still, backs rigid, hands in their laps, and look straight ahead at the yellow light” (Lines 5-7), the description of the couple differs radically with the light. To clarify, yellow light contains a warmer connotation, but the diction used to depict the people…

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    student neighbourhoods can be a positive and attractive feature of the urban landscape, they have also been associated with disruption and a deterioration in the living conditions for the settled population. These characteristics appear to intensify as the overall proportional population of students increases, suggesting that universities and other local stakeholders need at least to be aware of potential adverse consequences of increasing provision higher education on local neighbourhoods and…

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    Freedom is necessary to the survival and satisfaction of an individual. “All The Light We Cannot See by” Anthony Doerr tells the story of a blind french girl who’s father is determined to make her life easier, even with her disability. Meanwhile, Werner a german orphan is training for the military because of his passion and skills in mechanics and radio. The freedom to pursue a chosen path in life is vital to a person if they want to live a life of fulfilment and comfort. Because without freedom…

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