...were located in higher-crime-rate neighborhoods citing a consistent loss of revenue. Additionally, Company Q does not participate in donating day-old products to local community food banks. Management explains that day-old products are instead thrown away. The explanation provided for this is that management fears that donating food may heighten their risk of losing revenue to fraud and employee theft. Lastly, it is explained that Company Q – after years of customer requests – has started to offer it's customers a very limited selection of high margin, health conscious and organic products. Scores of small and large businesses operate in metropolitan areas. Chain businesses that operate in multiple areas should target each particular customer base individually – what sells very well in one area may not sell at all in another. Because economic, cultural, and lifestyle differences exist from one neighborhood to the next, a business that focuses on it's local customer's needs will be more successful. I feel that Company Q should reconsider the closing of their stores in higher-crime-rate neighborhoods. A grocery store is a for profit business, however it also provides a service to the community. Everyone has to buy groceries. By finding out what items customers in these areas want and need, Company Q can stock items that will consistently sell. By operating these neighborhood stores, stocked with what the...
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...to keep teenagers away from the use of narcotics and of course its significant because it was put together in areas such as my neighborhood known as Pelham Bay Park and other areas because these areas specifically have vase amount of teenage narcotic users. This is related to my neighborhood because Pelham Bay is part of my neighborhood and I always knew there was teenagers having use of some drug but not specifically narcotics never had an idea it was that serious. This is important to my paper because from this I could find out the statistics as to how many teenagers are immune to these drugs in the certain amount of time of my residence here. This information didn’t really create an transformation because I had already some kind of idea about drugs being used in my area by teenagers. DERAILMENT TIES UP PELHAM BAY SUBWAY. (1947, Sep 04). New York Times (1923-Current File). Retrieved from http://ez.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/docview/108091371?accountid=11724 The main point of this article is to show how responsibility is a big deal from the MTA employees and its very dependable amongst them to serve the public as we please because everyday there’s work to get to whether its public transportation or car and I know there’s a million or billion times more of people taking means of transportation to work than there is driving. This related to my neighborhood because once again its part of the Pelham Bay region and sometimes I take public transportation in this case the 6 train and...
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...the study summarizes the key findings of the observation under a socioeconomic perspective. Subject: The subject of this study is the African-American women’s hair salon Foxy Diva’s, located in Germantown. I chose this subject of study for three main reasons. First, I currently live in Germantown and I wished to get a better understanding of the neighborhood and its population. Second, I wanted to learn more about the socioeconomic environment of the African-American population. And finally, making a parallel with Brazil, I expected hair salons in American poor neighborhoods to be relevant social spaces and, consequently, to be interesting environments for an ethnographic observation. Germantown is a neighborhood located in the northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia and approximately 8 miles far from center Philadelphia. The neighborhood was founded in the 17th century by German settlers and was a stage for remarkable events in the independence of United States. Later, in the 1950’s Germantown received several waves of African and Central-American black immigrants and saw its white population fleeing for more privileged neighborhoods. Today,...
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...many neighborhoods will continue to become more stratified. I agree with her because I believe it is a constant cycle of immigrants building houses and culture with in a neighborhood, just so high-class people can visit and then eventually take over the neighborhood has to stop. Many times high class people come to visit these high cultured neighborhoods and are attracted by the artist, restaurants, art galleries, and bars. They then tend to move in these neighborhoods and become residents and eventually when more and more high class residents move in, then that drives the rent of the building so high that it forces the current residents to look for a new home. Zukin believes that it is not the people that give the neighborhood its culture and make it unique, but the buildings itself is what makes it unique. For example, Soho used to be an immigrant’s traditional settlement that was filled with socialist politics and labor movement. The buildings and roads of Soho were hand made from stones and immigrants were known for creating this unique neighborhood and this is what first attracted higher-class people to first start to come. They were attracted by the unique style the neighborhood had to offer and this led to an explosion in rent increase and this drove away immigrants that couldn’t possibly continue to keep up with rent and other higher living expenses. This just isn’t happening just in Soho, places like Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bedford, and even my neighborhood in Ridgewood...
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...In the last 3 hours, 86 neighborhoods have been bombed. 2 hours ago, the Triple SSS’s attacked my neighborhood! “What are the Triple SSS’s?” you ask. The Triple SSS’s are the most dangerous group in the world!! The leader of the Triple SSS’s used to be my friend. His name is Lash. I have not seen him in like 15 years. When I was three years old, I met Lash. We were neighbors. My mom needed medicine for my sister so she asked Lashes mom. I went with my mom to Lashes house. Then, I met Lash. I barely knew how to talk. But, but Lash was a baby guinness! “Hi” he said to me. Then I just started crying. So my mom picked me up then we left. I didn’t talk to him for two years after that. So I was five years old now, going to preschool. Lash on the...
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...The Barber Shop and Modern Racism The Barber Shop 1- I accompanied a friend of mine, Phillip, to his barber shop in his neighborhood at 49th and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. In this neighborhood, I was instructed by Phil to carry my legal weapon being the lone Caucasian in the predominately black/Hispanic neighborhood, due to the violence of gang activity. So after being instructed to wear neutral colors such as white or black, we went so he could get a haircut. My normally clean cut self is definitely out of my environment. We park his car in a parking lot on the corner, and he is immediately greeted by a group of 3 young dark skinned black men, in dark baggy oversized clothing with brand new flat brimmed hats and Jordan basketball shoes. They exchange a handshake and we move towards the barber shop. At this point I am observed as the outsider, from the little kids playing on the corner to the gang members selling what I can assume is crack, judging by the tweaking, raggedy, twitchy individuals dropping money off and running away. We enter the barber shop that was built in, what appears to be the mid 1950’s. Inside, is a replica of the Eddie Murphy movie, “Coming to America” except for an old Jewish man there is a surprisingly, a 65 year old Asian man named Han sitting in the corner. There are 3 black barbers who address myself as cracker when I enter with phil. There are photos of famous, powerful African Americans on the wall. Dr. King, Henry Aaron...
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... With a vulnerable mind and an inquisitive soul, Lovenheim proceeds us inside the homes, hearts and minds of his nationals and requests a provocative question: Do neighborhoods still matter and is something mislaid when we animate as outsiders next door? There are number...
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...favor “stricter gun control” (Contexts, Fall, 2003). So what should we do about this? I believe that stricter gun control legislation should be the solution to much of the gun violence that is plaguing our nation. Restricting the right to bear arms, especially assault weapons should make our communities safer. Granted, many people in community all across this country own guns. A large portion of these guns are used for hunting, but even greater numbers are used in criminal assaults. According to data presented by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (2013) about 70% to 80% of firearm homicides and 90% of nonfatal firearm victimizations were committed with a handgun from 1993 to 2011. In a 2006 case study conducted by Project Safe Neighborhoods, (Klovas, et al, 2006), the last...
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...and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. The community in which I live in is about equal in the amount of Hispanic, and African American residents; however, it appears to have fewer Caucasians than both Hispanics and African Americans. In this paper I will consider relations within my community, local government, schools, and workplace. I will also discuss the problems that an in-depth interview with Emmanuel King from King’s Group Home for Children (a local community children’s advocate) and my own personal accounts have made clear. Community relations within my community are positive for all the members in the areas of government, schools, and workplaces with only a few minor issues. Most members in my community do not look like me. I live in a mostly Hispanic and African American communities so most of my neighbors do not look like me. Even though my neighborhood is comprised of mostly Hispanics and African Americans, my community has a great range of Caucasians, African Americans, Asians, Arabs, and Hispanics. The people in my community get along extremely well. When it comes to the working environments in my community everything varies. Because my community is home to the state government as well as the local government and the fact that it is a larger city and home to the state capitol the amount of jobs increases and the range of who has them does as well. In an interview that our mayor Charles Meeker had on our local news station WRAL on May...
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...favorite son showered with attention from a large circle of extended family. In suburban Prichard, knowing no one but my parents, I was the only Asian child in the neighborhood. Indeed immigrating to the U.S. from Korea and settling down in a suburb of Mobile as a twelve-year old child dramatically changed my life. Uprooted from the people I knew and the things I was used to, I felt lonely, helpless, and uncomfortable in my new surroundings. However, I redirected the negative feelings into a force of strength that propelled me to excel in academics. Furthermore, the immigrant experience gave me adaptation skills that helped me as a foreign exchange student in Japan and as a businessman working with people of different cultures and backgrounds. Pampered materially and nurtured emotionally in Seoul, I lived with relatives close by and a helping hand available whenever I needed it. My school, while stiflingly competitive and committed to regular doses of corporal punishment, presented a system which I understood and was familiar with. Although the neighborhood lacked open areas, it was a close-knit community where children addressed the lady next door as "aunt" and housewives frequently shared recipes. I was completely at home, ethnically, linguistically, and in every other respect. My new life in Prichard contrasted sharply with my old one in Seoul. The neighborhood, while serene, lacked the extended support network of friends and family I had back home. School frustrated and demoralized...
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...This dog. She drives me insane, I swear she’s a houdini dog. I leave her outside for too long and this dog is digging holes under the fence. She has gotten out so many times. She’s an 11 pound pomeranian so she’s pretty small. So the first little story goes something like this. I left Maci outside and left for internship and thought someone would let her in. Nope. I came home and Maci was gone and I panicked because she doesn’t have her ID tag or collar on because she got a bath the night before. So my sister and i got on the moped and went all over the neighborhood looking for her. We asked people if they have seen her and we got told where she was last. So I have recently moved in with my sister in with my sister and my old house and her...
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...Almost all average kids could tell you that they have a place they simply enjoyed visiting; a place that they felt a part of because they experienced one of many memories in that place. I for one also had one of these spots that I could call my own, and even today I can remember why that spot was so significant to me. When I was much younger, I knew exactly where I wanted to go every weekend. Just behind my old neighborhood is a small forested area that is not too dense nor did it have many tall trees; but, it did have just enough trees to create the location of our hangout. The smell of the trees there prevailed around the entire neighborhood; it was in fact a very refreshing and enjoyable scent. Also, the birds and the squirrels could always been seen all over the forest happily taking care of their own business. I always felt that the forest was the best place to enjoy the outdoors because of how natural the surroundings were, and because of how peaceful it always seemed to be. One day, a couple of my closest friends and I decided that we would set up a place to hang out in the forest, where nobody else could enter unless they knew the way there; and obviously, the magic password. We began to create this hangout by first setting up our so called ‘traps’ for outside invaders, followed by a resting area within our hangout. While we were making this idea become reality I felt that this idea would be great because not only would I be able to enjoy relaxing in the forest, but...
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...forefront of direct care in the private homes of patients, not limiting to only hospital-based care (Sommer, et al., 2013). Partnerships are shared to improve the overall quality of health within the community and are determined through assessing common problems and behaviors (Seibert, 2015). According to healthy 2020 a leading health concern is the environmental quality. The environment directly affects health status and plays a major role in quality of life, years of healthy life live, and health disparities (Office of disease prevention and health promotion, 2016). This affects my family’s neighborhood because the environment is not clean and puts them at a greater risk for disease. Three possible nursing diagnosis I would give my family are: Risk for caregiver role strain, Impaired Nutrition: more than body requirements, and Impaired home maintenance. My overall impression of my family’s neighborhood is sadness....
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...The neighborhood I chose was North Chelmsford, which is where I live. I originally lived on Princeton Boulevard in Lowell. Around the time I was 5 years old my family moved to our current location at 14 Tobin Avenue in N.Chelmsford. My house was built in 1930, with rebuilding done since then. My parents were finally able to find the perfect single family house for us in 2003. My neighborhood is in Middlesex County which has a major population of white people at 77%. My neighborhood started developing around the 1930’s and 1940’s. N.Chelmsford is nearby the Merrimack River and a busy railroad. The railroad grew along with the rush of people and industries coming in. Before all this modernizing happened, the land was very hilly. Some main things in North Chelmsford that are included on my map are: My house at the aforementioned...
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...want to grasp new skills and becoming more mature and responsible of their own actions. When I was a kid growing up in Peru I remember every single kid in my neighborhood would be at the park jumping and running around. I even remember going with my buddies to the local store that was about 10 block away of our houses. It is just the way you grew up over there. Yes, you see some parents at the park watching out for their kids too but that was usually to the facts that the kids were too small or have no older siblings to watch for them. That is why when I move to the suburbs of Virginia, at the age of 17, surprised me to see all the parks and streets deserted, no kids playing ball or running around. When I start doing my research for this project I learned a lot about the way people see this “free-range” parenting. I think that just putting labels it’s problematic, like Ruth Paris, a professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work, said “generally speaking, parents should make decisions based on their family dynamics, not because they subscribe to an ideology”. What children need is a balance between permissiveness to explore the world and limits to contain it. “We know it is a continuum. You want to be in the middle, depending on the parents, the kids, the parent’s style and needs” she says. When I had my daughters, my wife and I talk about the idea of letting them go to the park, which is about one block from our house, to play. Of...
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