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    |93% | |Avg. monthly rent |$15USD | |Avg. # rooms per dwelling |1.11 | |Typical room size |9’ x 9’ |

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    constant dwelling of the past. One might associate this disposition with the thought that; although Gatsby is living in the past because he believes it to be better than the present‚ this in turn disheartens him because he knows he can never fully live in the past. However‚ towards the end of the book “Gatsby believed in the green light‚ the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us…”; at this point in time‚ Gatsby finally begins to recognize the significant irrationality of dwelling on the

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    Human Geography Mega City: A city with a metropolitan area with over 10million people. Millionaire City: A metropolitan city area with over 1million people. Mega City Millionaire City Large Town Small Town Village Hamlet Individual dwelling The Majority of mega cities and millionaire cities are found in Asia‚ specifically China and India due to their high population. Major Cities • Rome was really the first major city‚ with a population of 1million in ancient times. • During the

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    years. They continued adding new buildings and villages until they reached an impressive total of six hundred cliff dwellings before eventually migrating south into Arizona and Mexico‚ leaving behind their magnificent architecture‚ surrounded by protecting cliffs and mysteries.... Scientists were left to discover‚ date‚ further explore‚ and uncover the history of the cliff dwellings. Many artifacts were found‚ and they greatly helped in learning what life would be like living in one of these villages

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    ‘theme’‚ which can be analysed by the observer. It also suggests that an urban environment can be defined as a system composite of specific elements which are related to each other by specific rules: 1. A dwelling environment can be defined by composition of different kind of elements. A single dwelling is a smallest unit as an element of that composition. 2. These elements are reliable‚ because once the location and a particular dimension is given‚ it stays the same for

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    The area of New York City’s historic Yorkville neighborhood lies within the now prestigious Upper East Side‚ extending from East 79th Street to East 96th Street and East End Avenue to Third Avenue (Figure 1.1). Presently bordered by 1st Avenue‚ East 81st Street‚ 2nd Avenue‚ and East 82nd Street‚ Block 1544 originally lied within the farmlands of Thomas Marston; in 1816‚ Marston’s heirs and executors conveyed this land to Joshua Jones and the northerly part of this property‚ present-day East 82nd

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    predetermined and there is no free will. The Tralfamadorians leave sort of a philosophy to Billy‚ to tell everyone that it is okay to suffer and that everyone will die eventually‚ so there is simply no point in trying to change anything. Therefore not dwelling on the past but looking forward to what positive aspects life brings in the future. Since Slaughterhouse-Five is going back and forth into Billy’s life‚ everything is happening simultaneously. The novel portrays the difficulty of recounted traumatic

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    Canadian consumer lifestyle tends to vary vastly based on the demographics of the population. The younger population entering the workforce gravitate towards living in downtown dominated by apartment and condominium dwellings. On the other hand‚ the mature population mostly with families prefer to live outside the metropolis to meet the needs of a growing family. There are always exceptions to the norm but this is based on the general observation of the Canadian market. The population living in the

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    today’s times. Greek Architecture When referring to Greek architecture‚ as a rule‚ it pertains to their public buildings for in contrast to their Aegean predecessors‚ the Greeks of the historical periods devoted less attention to their private dwellings‚ whether houses and palaces for the living or tombs for the dead (Dinsmoor 38). For private shelter for the people‚ the traces are sufficient to indicate that the Dorians must have begun with the circular nomadic hut (65). The simplicity of these

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    he comes up with a way to save gabe‚ who stayed at his dwelling because his father had to take care of him to see if he would grow enough but he doesn’t so would have been executed or “released” before jonas saved him‚ and later he escapes the community. Though Jonas as a character changed throughout the story there were some main ways that he changed and one was he became braver. “That night‚ Jonas was forced to flee. He left the dwelling shortly after

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