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    Walley was unsatisfied until she understood why. Walley (2013) describes the extent of the closings of the steel mills as if “our entire world was collapsing” (Walley, 2013, p.69). Steel mills served as a staple in the communities in Southeast Chicago for many years. Throughout the course of its long history, a family-like mindset among employees and employers had been constructed. Employees provided labor to the mills, and in return, they received a consistent paycheck. The familiar effects of

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    Frost’s traveler, Walley is unsatisfied until she understood why. Walley describes the extent of the closings of the steel mills as if “our entire world was collapsing” (Walley, p.69). Industry served as a staple to the communities in Southeast Chicago for many years. Throughout the course of its long history, a family-like mindset among employees and employers had been construed. Employees provided labor to the mills, and in return, they received a consistent paycheck. The familiar effects of the

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    possibilities. This can be seen through the difference in the votes of the Senators, both of whom voted in favor of NAFTA while the Representatives were divided. Curiously the majority of the opposition came from Democratic Representatives from Chicago, which provide the best perspective into the opposition of NAFTA. While all of the Republicans representing Illinois voted in favor of NAFTA, not all Democrats voted along party lines, with both senators voting in support. This will provide the best

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    violence are no stranger to the Greater Chicago Area. In 2016 alone, Chicago had suffered 786 homicides (“Crime in Chicagoland,” n.d.). Although this number is large, especially when compared to other major cities in the United States, it fails to depict the countless family members, friends, and communities who carry the burden of these senseless killings. BUILD (Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development), an anti-violence organization serving Chicago neighborhoods since 1969, engages at-risk

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    RAFI HOSSAIN 2108 LAFAYETTE AVENUE BRONX, NY 10473 H: (347) 621-1049 | C: (347) 971-4617 | rafiahmedhossain@gmail.com Dear Evonik Industries hiring committee, I am writing to express my strong interest in the Evonik summer Intern position at Evonik Industries. I am currently a student at the City College of New York and intend to graduate in 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering. I am very interested in joining your team and applying my creativity, communication skills, strong mathematics

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    Downtown Chicago is the pride of Chicago, a mask of beauty and culture. Magnificent views, amazing sky scrapers, wonderful land, the beautiful lake front and peaceful people are how most people who visit Downtown Chicago from a different location would probably describe Chicago. This is a place where children between the ages of thirteen through eighteen grow to discover their potential being and most likely get a sneak peek on how bright their future will be. However, we sometimes forget to mention

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    Gentrification in Chicago and New York, 1980 to 2010. Urban Affairs Review. A. Summary: In this article, Timberlake and Johns-Wolfe discuss how areas of the metropolitan areas that have the possibility to gentrify typically gentrify over the course of time specifically those close to the central business districts. The authors present a series of theoretical backgrounds about the topic before presenting their 3 hypotheses, methods and data focusing primarily on Chicago and New York metropolitan areas. The authors

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    average. Crimes has continued to sky rocketed post Ferguson Uprising. As of 2016, because of the high crime rate in St. Louis City it continues to be labeled as “America’s murder capital” surpassing Detroit and Chicago. St. Louis remains ranked 42nd out of the 50 largest metro areas in the country in economic mobility. That means that it is more difficult for someone here to get from the bottom of the rungs to the top rungs of the economic ladder than it is just about anywhere. When people

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    Are Cities Dying? Essay

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    in person easily is particularly prized. The costs of cities have historically included health costs, pollution, congestion, crime and social problems. Technological advances have eliminated the health and pollution gaps between cities and other areas. However, longer commuting times in cities are still an important cost, and social troubles such as crime remain among '' While actually measuring price differences on a micro-level is quite hard, it appears that this wage difference roughly compensates

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    CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Literature Review The aim of this literature review is to examine the complexities of the theoretical discussion on the concepts and empirical research works on urban development, peripheral development and metropolitan expansion in order to find a theoretical place within the broader concept of urban growth effect on infrastructural development of peripheral settlements. In an attempt to strike a balance between the growth of cities and the attendant effects

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