How are the poor and the homeless represented in the media? Most of the time we see homeless and poor people as drunks, drug users, and hookers living in cardboard boxes and asking for spare change. But the media gives us a different view of homeless and the poor. Although the media is somewhat the cause of this view because they show us this kind of a life too. According to ( Diana Kendall) (108), “Being poor or rich is a master status that influences many other areas such as, health, education, and life opportunities".
Yes, there is, but there’s much more of a community in Northtown, and even more in Easttown, than there is in Southtown. There’s a couple of reasons for this: people in Northtown tend to socialise outside of work, after work, and they do in Easttown as well. People live very locally at both sites. People who work in Southtown live all over the place, they can live sixty miles away. There are even people who live in Netherford, which is sixty-five, seventy miles away and they commute every day.
This type of norm is slightly different from my norm; such as the neighborhood for one. It is very high maintenance nice large homes , overly priced cars in the drive way then compared to community I’m used to seeing trash on the ground and homeless families on every other block. Also my family and I rarely eat dinner together at a table, the only times we gather like that are on holiday. Our environment consist of people that are less inform and more relaxed than the typical business women and men in Beverly Hills.
Due to the lucrative drug trade in the area, many drug addicts reside in the community. Hunts Point has one of the highest concentrations of Hispanics in all of New York City. (NYC Department of City Planning) There are some small local retail shops along Hunts Point Avenue, but the residential community and the employees lack retail options in the area. The peninsula is under-served by large grocery stores or supermarkets. Hunts Point is also home to a growing arts and culture scene,
Isaac Perez English 2 Mrs.Jolly 15 May 2014 Tiny Homes I the united states there is a new epidemic going around this new epidemic is called the tiny homes movement. This movement has been growing throughout the whole united states mainly the cities where homes can be pretty expensive and paying for electricity and other vital things you need in your home. These houses are around 140 square feet or smaller many of these homes can only house two people because of their size. They are mobile so you can take them everywhere and when you find your location where you want to settle then you just park the house and tada you have your home. There are some advantages to having a small
It has always been a part of life for things to change for better or worse. In the essay “The Traveling Bra Salesman’s Lessons”, Claudia O’Keefe describes how the work business changes over a period of time. She explains how it takes a drastic toll on her life and everything around her. O’Keefe’s stepfather was a very popular salesman that provided for them so well that they practically lived in a worry free upper-middle class. They lived in “upscale Los Angeles suburb” and took annual vacations.
I grew up in a small town where everybody knew everybody. The community was the same people I went to church and school with. I was surrounded by the same type of people for the first 18 years of my life. My parents were not the type of people to travel and doing different things. We mostly stayed at home.
My dad was friends with just about everybody and so we had such a great diverse upbringing. When my dad passed away and we moved from the city I was surprised by how little diversity was in my second middle school. Most people were white, a few minorities and they were targeted every day for harassment. The differences from city to suburbs is troubling. Sure our cities are diverse mostly, but the rest of the country remains very
Los Angeles has the highest number of homeless people in the United States, estimated at 73,000 in 2008. Somewhere between five and 10 percent of them are living in vehicles. Homelessness has become a big problem in the society that we live in. To reduce this problem we can give the homeless people another chance to get back on there feet. It may be there fault that there homeless but in this world we help the people that are unfortunate.
Also, there are many that believe that gambling and casinos lead to more problems than good. It is believed that in areas with casinos and gambling, there is increased crime, divorce, suicide, prostitution, and bankruptcy. The economic effect of legalized gambling can vary. Las Vegas, NV is a prime example of how gambling can boost the economy of the area. Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth in a major city with a low state and local tax burden.