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The document discusses how cities have changed over time. It first describes cities in the past as places where the middle class lived and worked in small businesses like shops and construction. Now, cities are more congested with a concentration of wealthy single residents. Gentrification has pushed many poor residents out, leading to inequality between the rich living in cities and poor relying on subsidies. The main argument made is that dispersion of populations across smaller cities and towns, rather than concentration in large metropolises, is healthier for people. Supporting points include that cities are unequal and hard on the poor, innovation does not necessarily depend on cities as traditional sector development is also important, and suburbs are more environmentally friendly with less energy waste than cities.

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Kotkin

The document discusses how cities have changed over time. It first describes cities in the past as places where the middle class lived and worked in small businesses like shops and construction. Now, cities are more congested with a concentration of wealthy single residents. Gentrification has pushed many poor residents out, leading to inequality between the rich living in cities and poor relying on subsidies. The main argument made is that dispersion of populations across smaller cities and towns, rather than concentration in large metropolises, is healthier for people. Supporting points include that cities are unequal and hard on the poor, innovation does not necessarily depend on cities as traditional sector development is also important, and suburbs are more environmentally friendly with less energy waste than cities.

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Jacobs:What were cities like?

Places were people were responsible for each other, vibrant and
diverse
The cities created the middle class.
Who lived there? What were they doing?
The middle class families which had a lot of diversity. Small
business like running small shops ,working in constructions etc.
What did they do for living?
They worked in small shops which could get enough money for
their living.
How did the cities(they) relate to the middle class?
The sidewalks relate to the middle class as it was a source of
entertainment to them.
Kotkin:What does cities look like now?
Conjested, too many people
Rich single people
Concentration
Less personal space
Inequality rich class
poor class
Who lives there?
Gentrification.
Poor moving out of cities and onluy rich stays in the cities
Inequality
Poor live there with subsidiced food housing etc
Welfare
Food stampstickets to get food stamps in the
supermarkets
Who do cities cater for?

What do thesde people do for a living?


Kotkin 2010 urban legends:Main argument:Dispersion rather than concentration is healthier for people
Dispersion:- spreading of people outside small cities and towns
Concentration:- big metromoplis, lots of people
Suppport 1#
Cities are unequal
They are hard on the poor.
##Cities are good for creative people
Suppport 2#
Traditional sector development
Cities are not necessray for inovation, creative thinking
Inovation Depends more 1st on traditional develpoment
Suppport 3#
Cities less green than the suburbs
Cities not so good for the environment
Energy waste

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