Inequalities On City Road Case Study

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Helen Pearce Page 1 27/10/2013 Describe some of the inequalities on City Road I noticed many inequalities on city road. The one that stood out the most to me was the local shop owner, Colin Butwell with is news agents. He describes how long the business has been in his family and how big brand name companies’ like Tesco’s and Spar have affected his business and others around. He tells us that the spar opened 25years ago but didn’t really affect him, but the Tesco’s opening two blocks from him has significant impact on his shop. He also speaks about not many children buying toys from his shop, as they don’t play with the toys that he used to play with as a child. Secondly, I think that Janet Symmons and her shop Xquisite Africa stand…show more content…
They are afraid to walk at night in case they get attacked. I feel that they would prefer it to be how it used to be, it has changed to much. The crime rate has gone up, the fly tipping and vandalism is big in the area, the police and community officers are trying to help the area. Jasmine Ayre mentions something about when the area looks dirty and run down the crime rate goes up and people do not want to live in that area. I feel that’s an inequality, because when people do not want to look after there area or things start going down hill instead of helping prevent it the problems get worse and people move away. The police and other authorities are helping to prevent it which is good but the people in the community need to see what’s happening and help. All these things add up and make a lot of little inequalities along City Road. In conclusion. I would say there are a number of inequalities that shape City Road, How it works and how the people work. But they find a way of making it all work by finding a solution. It might be the right solution for that problem but another problem will arise. Dr Georgina Blakeley says “creating new inequalities and differences might reinforce existing inequalities and differences”. Some are created and some are resolved you can never have it perfect all the

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