The California Dream has been hacked in everybody's mind as the paradise on earth. Everybody in the world has at least once dreamt of going to California and live their dream. California is a prosperous land with beautiful nature, and last but not least, a land of opportunities. The California Dream consists of a big house with a beautiful backyard surrounded by a pictural landscape, sunny beaches and great acquaintances. But further than esthetics, Californian Dream prevails fast wealth and fame. California is perceived as a place of new beginnings where “working hard and playing hard” becomes a great moto. As once the historian W.Brands stated, “[...], California is the new dream of instant wealth, won in a twinkling by audacity and good …show more content…
Its population increased by 48% within few years. The expansion of cities resulted in destroying unbuilt and farm lands to further the constructions. Landowners with land interfering with “planned residential communities” were forced to give up their lands and see them destroyed. As the author states, families such as Warnes were forced to see their family lands bought and built. Even though such intact lands are rare in the area and beneficial to the population as somewhere to connect with nature, entrepreneurs prefer the economical profit. The suburbs expand and with every new family moving in the area, more cars are purchased adding to the gridlock. The United State has always been weak in public transportation and mass transit tools. California was once supposed to be different and revolutionized. Trolleys connecting the suburbs to the city and business districts was the main reason why cities expanded vertically. These mass transit tools organized the transits in an extremely environmentally friendly way. But the venue of cars and the thought of independence flattered americans pushing them to each buy a car, synonym of their independence. Now the trains and connecting public transportations have practically disappeared and are irrelevant. The simple equation of further houses connected to the cities by mass transportation was annulled with the aggressiveness and competitiveness
With California being the iconic place where people come to fulfill their California dream, I know from experience that the dream is very attainable if you are willing to work for it no matter where you have come from.. I know this to be true because I am in the process of trying to fulfill my own California dream. It’s hasn't been easy putting myself through school, taking a full load of classes, and holding down three jobs all at once. My dream to become a nurse and work with kids has never been more real and achievable than it is right now. With the drive and willingness to work hard I have acquired a new sense of hope in California and can now understand why the California Dream is so highly thought of itn different states.This makes me Californian in the way that I can set my heart to something and achieve it because there are so many opportunities here for me to prosper and work on better myself and my
In “New Axioms for Reading the Landscape: Paying Attention to Political Economy and Social Justice,” Don Mitchell incorporates old ideas from Peirce F. Lewis’s original “Axioms for Reading the Landscape.” At the same time, Mitchell includes new ideas into his axioms. In Axiom 1, he explains that “the landscape is not produced through ‘our unwitting autobiography’ (as Lewis describes it), but as an act of (social, not individual) will” (2007, 34). He also stresses the idea that landscape should be produced as a commodity. In contrast, Neil Smith explains the main causes behind gentrification. Smith explains how gentrification happens through a process which he calls “rent gap” (1979, 545). In gentrification, the landscape is a commodity because it loses and gains monetary value through disinvestment and investment.
Second, the development of new public transit systems, was important in shaping the design of our cities and the growth of our cities by enabling people to move further away from the inner city. Early on, large cities didn’t really have public transportation. Their main source of transportation were horse drawn wagons and walking. In conclusion, most people lived near on in the downtown area, where most of the working establishments were located. Because of this, it made big cites crowed and congested. With the breakthrough of the “el”, electric streetcars, and subways, around 1867, cities began expand more. Those who were fortunate enough to move out of the dirty cities and into better neighborhoods surrounded outside the city, did so. The new transit systems in most cities allowed people to escape the chaos of urban life and provided potential for growth of our cities.
Second, the development of new public transit systems, was important in shaping the design of our cities and the growth of our cities by enabling people to move further away from the inner city. Early on, large cities had very little and inadequate transportation. Their main source of transportation were horse drawn wagons and walking. As a result, most people lived or took housing near downtown, which was where most of the working establishments were located. This made the big cities very congested. However with the breakthrough of the “el”, electric streetcars, and subways, around 1867, cities began to open up more. Those who were fortunate enough to move out of the slums and into better surrounding neighborhoods, did so. The more affluent of the white-collar classes moved into the suburban areas. In contrast, many of the very wealthy continued to live in city mansions. The new transit systems in most cities allowed people to escape the chaos of urban life and provided potential for growth of our cities.
Transportation in the United States has changed dramatically in the past few hundred years, from dirt roads, to canals, to railroads, and back to roads to again. Improvements in transportation between the years 1820 and 1860 allowed for almost all of America to be accessible which caused the US economy to explode. Transportation turned the U.S. into a flourishing economy and caused a large increase in sectionalism, industrialization, and expansion.
Automobiles play a major role in today's society. Almost every American owns at least one motorized transportation vehicle. Some say they make our lives better by reaching places faster than before. Others say they are a harmful to the environment. Have they made our society better or worse? They may be fast, but do we as humans want our environment to suffer because of time. Face it, cars pollute. And they release destructive chemicals into the air. Air pollution can threaten the health of many subjects in the environment including human beings.
Transportation in the region has a long and successful past. However, public transportation has consistently taken a back seat to the personal automobile. There has been a strong core of persons who rely on public transportation to achieve mobility, and governmental
Moreover, public transportation is mainly common in means of transportation in and out of NYC due to the convenience, cost, and efficiency of public transportation. It has become more easily accessible due to having subways in nearly every other block,which is cheaper and faster. Public transportation is faster than driving into the city at times since it escapes the traffic on roads since it is underneath. Public transportation contains buses,trains,and light rails as well. Once again, automobile and the city of tomorrow can coexist, but it is not ideal in today’s
Production-based farming drives people out of the smaller communities because the production damages the economy of the town. Berry reflects, "The little towns that once had been social
With this development came many land speculators. It was widely known that with transportation comes a greater demand for the land being developed. Developers built rows of luxury
In the communities I grew up in, there were frequent changing circumstances that actually left my family not really as part of the community. From dingy, cheap and tiny places for rent, there has been significant points brought to the attention of the reader in this book that could attribute to the failure and success of neighborhoods. In Suburban Nation, the opening pages give a lot of insight on the issues that can come from these big and fancy, new housing developments.
Threats of substitutes: In U.S., an automobile was considered as necessity so for every adult there was car on roads. Even for inter-city travel more than 70% time cars were used. Buses, trains and other means didn’t have much impact. The growing array of higher priced imported models had negative effect.
Furthermore, being optimistic allows newcomers to evolve their ideas in a positive form. Moreover, when they start developing their ideas of living in this state and willing to help California with their talents. Such as, working hard day and night to give California a better future or in other words give this state their best. As Rodriguez emphasized in his article “The newcomer’s gift to California had always been the audacity of optimism. . . (2)” here the author demonstrates that the newcomers are always looking at California as the dream state in the world. California is the center of opportunities to natives and newcomers. However, newcomers start their journey with energy and they analyze the challenges that they must overcome also seek
The residential treatment center in the case study, Gridlock Meadows, is a good example of an organization. According to Krist-Ashman (2014), an organization is a social entity that is goal directed, linked to the outside environment, and designed as deliberately structured and coordinated activity systems. A social entity is a group of people who are together for a social reason (Kirst-Ashman, 2014). The residential treatment center in the case study is a social entity because it contains employees, residents, and possibly outside participants who are interacting with each other. Gridlock Meadows further fits the definition of an organization because it is goal directed, which means that it exists for a specified purpose (Kirst-Ashman, 2014). The specified purpose of Gridlock Meadows is to provide treatment for adolescent males with serious behavior and emotional problems. Although not specifically stated in the case study, one would assume that Gridlock Meadows is designed as a deliberately structured and coordinated activity system. Ways that this may be evidenced would be by the presence of different departments within the treatment center performing designated functions, for example Beverly may be part of the counseling department which would be separate from the food service department or the custodial department. Finally, Gridlock Meadows meets the definition of an organization because it is
Public transportation can help reduce stress caused by driving, save money, and also protect our environment by reducing the number of vehicles on the road. In order to get more people off the road and into the public transportation system we must increase the number of buses and taxis that are available. We must also increase the number of stops available for daily bus routes. With more stops on the map more people are likely to use the bus system. Each city or town will be able to decide where more bus stops are needed and make the adjustments necessary to provide better service for the taxpaying citizens. Of course, none of this is possible without adequate funds in each town/city and the gas tax is guaranteed to provide those funds. Providing more public transportation will help us reach our ultimate goal of protecting the environment and ourselves.