First off I want to say that I would have to agree with the statement made by Jane Jacobs, "that cities are for people." In the same breath that statement makes me think though cities are for people, people needs big businesses, bankers, persons to make a city run. Otherwise without those same things in a city, making that city run, it is not a city then. For example, the city of Chicago has many highways that run right through the city. It also has many different aspects to this city that I am sure people would not like to happen to a city. The truth it that city life needs upgrades, technological advances to help to make the city work better. Though some upgrades are not good for a city they are just a way for some top notch CEO's to get more money. Some are worth the advance in technology.....
After reading the section on how Jacobs believed how cities should have street corner stores not chain stores. The only problem with that, I know some might not agree with me is that some chain stores are not that bad. Take Walgreen's or CVS stores for instances, those same stores help families save money with their prescriptions plus allow people to be able to buy things that they would need. Those same things then are universal at all of the chain stores instead of having to take a chance and guess where one could find a particular item. Some small non chain stores are nice but some chain stores try to help and give back to the community.
Though yes it seems like Jacobs was a very influential person in that time period....Jacobs seemed like she liked to see less chance in those same neighborhoods. Some change is a necessity and is needed to make good things happen. More importantly I think that change will happen continuously because technology improves. Only when technology improves then one will see how everything improves.
Someone who is addressing urban issues and talking about those same issues are politicians trying to discuss issues that are damaging to the population and the persons in out Sociology class. We are all discussing issues of urban society.
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