Instruction
What are the differences in lifestyles created principally by different access to economic resources? Are there differences between a middle-class lifestyle in the city environment and the suburbs? What are the differences between the working poor and the ghettoized poor?
What is the nature of community? How do you define "neighborhood"? What is the difference between community and Neighborhood?
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BONUS question.
Different access to economic resources causes differences in consumption within a metropolitan area. Sociologists are better able to understand these differences in lifestyle by dividing people into groups of different socioeconomic status. By doing this, they are able to to group people by factors such as income, education, gender, and many other dynamics. The differences in access to economic resources also determines where a person is able to live within a city. We are most notably able to see socioeconomic differences in what neighborhoods people live in as well as what they spend money on in their respective areas. The difference between middle-class living in the city and middle-class living in the suburbs is that those that live in the suburbs have a lifestyle that is more similar to that of the wealthy, only scaled down. They have medium sized houses with well-maintained yards and enjoy many of the luxuries that are not available to those in the city. The working poor are characterized by decreasing quality of life within the city due to falling wages, poor healthcare, and increased cost of living in the cities. The ghettoized poor however, are at the bottom as far as socioeconomic status goes. Because of this, they are only able to live in the most run-down parts of the city which leads to crime, disease, and poverty. The nature of community revolves around connections made between people in the same sociospatial environment. Neighborhoods are directly related to both suburban and urban life. Neighborhoods are environments where people form connections. Neighborhoods are centered around a location. Communities, on the other hand, are more about connections than location. They are groups that form based on associations.