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    Lake is like children playing, or how people aren’t “drowning in the Lake” with the comparisons the author provides he say that it’s not a Lake, it’s an Ocean. meaning that there is more to it than what is on the surface. Like how the Ocean “turns a city into a tessellation of broken windows and spray paint.” I reckon the author is saying that the lake leaves little to no trace of itself while the ocean leaves city’s spray painted and torn down.

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    Casa De Amparo Thesis

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    Casa de Amparo was established in 1978 and is recognized as a major force in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect in San Diego County. I had the chance and opportunity to visit this resource site on October 30, 2017 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am. Casa de Amparo was founded by a small group of local women concerned about domestic violence and the welfare of children. Thus, lead to the creation of Casa De Amparo’s mission. According to Casa de Amparo their mission is “to support those

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    began living in cities. Although inevitable, urbanization has had negative impacts in the United States, specifically on agriculture and the environment. Increase in urbanization has caused the gap between farmers and consumers to grow exponentially. Less people are working on farms, and because the population is always increasing, more people are in need of food. This higher demand for food in cities requires farm production to increase and be shipped for distribution. Yet, as cities grow, they have

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    19th Century Dbq

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    Life in Europe began to explode. With bigger and better technology, people were finally realizing how to get ahead in the world. Many thinkers and inventors flooded the cities, hoping to get their ideas out of their minds and into the world they live in. People began to realize things they would’ve never thought of without these technologies or the newcomers. So, to what extent did major changes in science and thought reflect the new urban society of the nineteenth century ? I believe science

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    Detroit Pros And Cons

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    out was its location. Wayne State University is situated in the middle of a major city known as Detroit. Detroit is a city on the rise. It has a reputation as being a dangerous and unpleasant city. Some people even say, “why would you ever want to live in Detroit.” The city of Detroit may have been in bad shape in the past, but with new businesses popping up and a new sports arena opening, Detroit is far from a dead city. This got me thinking about the history of Detroit, and as a result, I developed

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    urbanization was able to commence in several regions throughout the nation. This is basically the rapid growth of cities, attracting many different groups of people to move from the country side and live in these cities. These people included: Millions of immigrants, farmers, freed African Americans, and whites living in extreme poverty. The reason so many groups of people migrated to live in cities is because many farmers were losing their jobs due to the rise of machines and technology, while African Americans

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    Australia is based on the access to health, workforce and major cities. One feature to define geographical rurality is when many services are less accessible to them. There are several different systems in place for classifying and separating different degrees of rurality: • RRMA – Rural Remote and Metropolitan Areas. This uses population size and direct distance from the nearest service centre in order to divide into 7 groups o Capital cities – state and territory capital o Other metropolitan centre-

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    Population-wise Sydney is the biggest city in Australia with over 5 million residents and it is also the capital of New South Wales, Australian state. Sydney has an area of 4775.2 square miles which includes 43.5 miles of the world's largest natural harbour due to its location along the Australian east coast. It has 658 suburbs. Sydney is considered to be one of the most famous cities all over the world as it has lots of attractions regarding tourism, business and education. Beauty Products Sydney

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    Midterm Prompt 1b: Cultural Links between the Mississippi Delta and Chicago Over half of the migrants that left Mississippi during the Great Migration found a home in Chicago, Illinois. Migrants left for a number of reasons, including racial discrimination, violence, and economic hardships, and these migrants brought aspects of their culture with them. Needless to say, the wave of migrants transformed culture in Chicago. The Mississippi Delta was one of the few areas in the South that had post

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    more disgusting and making the whole city, which was relatively small, smell horrible.Men laboring for 8 hours to build a single carriage. Carriages parked next to restaurants with patrons inside. This was how life was before cars - cities smelling, horses running through their own manure on poorly made roads, and workers laboring to build a single carriage for little pay. Life changed immensely when mass producible automobiles hit the road. Here’s what the city previously mentioned looked like after

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