Tuesday, March 3, 2009

diversity in cities

The really cool thing about cities is that they are so diverse.  New York City has so many different cultures. You can go to China town and see all the the different parts of Oriental culture, or go down to little italian and partake activities with the italians. There are all different kinds of ethnicity and cultural back-rounds, but thats what makes up a city.  With out all the different races and culture the city would be plain and boring, but with it its always alive and awake. I love walking around  cities when i get a chance.  The liveliness and different types of people fascinates me.  I always have a different adventure when i visit the city.  
It all started in 1870 when slavery had ended.  People where migrating to the city for factory jobs. Immigrants started to come over from Europe and the Cities were the places they were flocking too.  It had plenty of jobs and America was starting its Industrial Revolution.  
In an online article about Brilliant diverse thoughts on society a writer wrote "The spread of urbanization is, on net, an enormously beneficial process.  People in cities are much more economically productive; urban density has been a wellspring of innovation of many millenia.  Cities sometimes have a bad reputation because of their association with problems like poverty, pollution, and disease; but this association does not imply causation."  Glaeser wrote what most people think about cities.  So many people in society are fascinated with cities like myself.  I really think the city is a place for me to live one day. 

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