Big City Sociology

Cities are designed to place its inhabitants in a place they are able to afford. Because there is a social structure in the United States, the wealthy and the poor are placed within their social groups. The wealthy are able to afford the best places in the city, and because they have the means, there will be more money invested in their property. The poor on the other hand get the least favorable parts. These parts are usually the least expensive for the crime, the aesthetics, and the environment. Cities are built with the value in mind. The houses will be bigger in the best part of the city, the cars would be more luxurious, there will be less police because there would be a low crime rate in that part. The community would be quieter and there would be less convenient stores. The overall
Wealth and income can sometimes be correlated with ethnicity as well. In modern society, there is still racism. Anglo Americans are known to be paid better and have better position jobs than any other ethnicity, which can be a reason why they are more than capable to afford to reside in a more expensive neighborhood. In the TED talk, Majora Carter mentions that her project began when she realized how disadvantaged her neighborhood was. She recalls the South Bronx to be the home of waste facilities and food distribution centers along with power plants. All of that waste was being put there because the facilities had established there because the inhabitants of that part of the city needed those jobs. They did not established in the better parts because those living there would not be working there and the amount of money that they paid for their property meant that their neighborhood was going to be well taken care of by the city, which resembles residential segregation. White flight is another example of residential