Author Archives: liddiemccook

There are many issues that developing cities are facing in today’s world. One of the biggest issues is that they could be lacking the money to properly develop all of their city and make it what they want it to be. Another is that they could be struggling to find the support for doing theContinue reading “Blog Post 10”

In my life I have visited 3 major United States cities. I have been to Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City. I have experienced parts of these cities that were extremely dirty and others that were practically perfectly clean. First, when I went to Boston, I felt that most of the city, or at leastContinue reading “Blog Post 9”

The articles in both Chapter twenty-three and Chapter twenty-four of the Urban Life textbook suggest that the past persists into the present. One example of this from chapter twenty-three is that the native-newcomer theme has shaped all of India’s history. This article talks about how India has been shaped over many years of myriad immigration.Continue reading “Blog #8”

The book “Reconstructing Times Square” by Alexander J. Reichl teaches us many lessons about urban development that all cities should take into account. One lesson that can be learned from New York is that it had the willingness to change even in hard times. One time like this was in the early 1990s when manyContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

I would take a job that takes me away from my family in order to support them. I think this would be a somewhat difficult thing to handle, but the decision to do so would not be as difficult. If I was struggling to find work and our family was struggling financially, and I gotContinue reading “Blog Post #6”

I would not want to live in a major international city like Paris or NYC. This is because I am more of a small town type of person. Cities overwhelm me, I like being in a smaller area where I can find my way around easily and not find myself in large crowds a lot.Continue reading “Blog Post 5”

Judith Goode explains that people in poverty are just as good at finding solutions to their problems as more affluent people are. They simply are not given the same opportunities because of where they stand in society. Sometimes the only solutions they can find to help their families are lives of crime, such as drugContinue reading “Blog Post #4”

The refugee city of Damascus has many characteristics that differ from those of American cities. In Damascus, the refugees are struggling as a community with remembering the horrors they experienced in their home. They are all struggling daily to get enough food, water, and shelter for their families, which does happen in America, but notContinue reading “Blog Post #3”

I would rather do fieldwork in a town like Hobart. Personally, I am not very comfortable in cities and I think that would hinder my ability to truly connect with the people and the culture there. However, I do think that fieldwork in cities is becoming more and more important due to the way theContinue reading “Blog Post 2”

The largest city I’ve ever been to is New York City. The last time I’ve been there, was when I was 10 to go see the Broadway musical wicked with my mom. We stayed there for two days, and saw many different parts of the city. These different parts gave us a look into differentContinue reading “Blog Post 1”