With economic decline in full effect, the city of Anderson is on track to become a ghost town. Anderson is located in Northern California, 150 miles north of Sacramento, and a 10-minute drive to Redding. The primary source of the problem is in Anderson’s Downtown which is defined as I-5 to 273 and North Street to Balls Ferry (See Reference 1). Nearby attractions include the Sacramento River, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, and the Mt Shasta Mall (Things Web). However, all the main attractions are found in the Redding city. Why did Anderson become a “Bedroom City” to Redding (Kiser)? Some believe that because of the lack of popularity in Anderson, it is very hard to keep a business up and running before it is closed. Most citizens will go to a larger city to shop before they shop in their hometown because the big city will have more variety. Jeff Kiser, …show more content…
Slowly, the population and community grew (History Website). In 1964, the local paper mill opened and started to flourish (Erickson). 200 positions were filled, and everything was running smoothly. Debe Hopkins remembers the specifics of the mill. “You could work there without a college degree, get a good pay, and provide for your family” (Hopkins). When talking to Florence Erickson, a representative at Anderson Historical Society, she gave insight into the Mills long going history. “The Mill had some different owners throughout the years (Simpson Lee being the prominent owner), but because of the amount of debt from the consistent chemical spills, it closed in late 2001 (Erickson). By this time, the mills had over 200 employees. When it closed, over 200 people were now added to the unemployment list. The Mill’s abrupt closing made national news for two entire weeks before the horrific events of 9/11. The economic effects of the closure were devastating. “Even If we were down back then, the big decline was with the mill closing”
Postrel develops her support of national retailers throughout the essay, offering the opinion that it isn’t the stores that give places their character, but instead, aspects like the terrain, weather and culture that do (Postrel 347). While terrain, weather and culture can set apart regions, such as New England from The Deep South, and Southern California from the Midwest, it’s the community that gives each town their own special character. A community consists of the residents, their restaurants, hardware stores, pharmacies, ice cream parlors, farmers markets, and so on. These places, and the interactions that occur daily at each establishment, are the fabric that differentiate them, and create the breeding ground for diverse characteristics to flourish. While Postrel argues that wildly different business establishments across America in the past is a myth , it’s actually not necessarily that the products that varied from store to store, but more the aforementioned factors that truly set ...
Why might a profitable motel shut down in the long run if the land on which it is located becomes extremely valuable due to surrounding economic development?
As the moving in of new residents filled the community with new cultures, many old life styles are slowly disappearing. This quote in document E says: “Those tired old landmarks are being replaced with market housing, trendy eateries and a whole new population that’s heard about, but has likely never seen what the Downtown Eastside was all about.” The main point in this quote is while the new things are coming into the DTES, they did not care nor preserve the old life-stye of that place. While they are building new shops and housings, they are also removing what has stayed there for a long time, the old poor and rugged culture that represented
All the drastic changes that the world has been through, and Carr and Kefalas show that in their writing. These changes at some time made the current town, were they live, a thriving and prosperous place. People would move from their towns to these prospering communities to seek out the benefits that were offered. Many of those small towns are slowly fading into the background because of the modern world changes that big and upcoming cities that offering. These changes are creating new jobs and environments for the youth that are looking for change in the small towns that once were big and thriving, are now filled with the older generation that don’t want to make the change. They are looking to keep things consistent with the life they have been living; some changes in their eyes are not good, they are just creating problems. In Carr and Kefalas’s article they write about living in a small town called Ellis in Iowa. Carr and Kefalas talked to an employee working at a new factory in Ellis, “A machine operator living in Ellis complains about the strugglers facing old-fashion workers who find themselves trapped in a newfangled economy” (33). People living in small towns are unlikely to adapt to new changes, but are having to because of companies starting new factories in their community. This new technology is bound to change the life of older generation parents, whether they choose to stay in their small town lifestyle or move to
lies that runs the Packingtown. This time period had a lot of Union members who wanted
Furthermore, he attempts to dispel the negative aspects of gentrification by pointing out how some of them are nonexistent. To accomplish this, Turman exemplifies how gentrification could positively impact neighborhoods like Third Ward (a ‘dangerous’ neighborhood in Houston, Texas). Throughout the article, Turman provides copious examples of how gentrification can positively change urban communities, expressing that “gentrification can produce desirable effects upon a community such as a reduced crime rate, investment in the infrastructure of an area and increased economic activity in neighborhoods which gentrify”. Furthermore, he opportunistically uses the Third Ward as an example, which he describes as “the 15th most dangerous neighborhood in the country” and “synonymous with crime”, as an example of an area that could “need the change that gentrification provides”.
It could easily be said that the depression was the cause of the ill will that the workers felt toward their employers. Although the mills seemed to be doing great, grossing sales in the billions of dollars, the working class in the mills were seeing very little of the industries success. Textile workers earned less than any other laborer, and in North Carolina average wages were the least. With the success a...
The facts of this case are presented very clearly. Ashton Kutcher, owner of Ashton Acres, and Byrd Busch, owner of Bud Liteacres, have adjoining 100 acre farms. Separating the two was a barbwire fence. In addition, a large swamp encompassed part of both acreages (10 acres of Ashton Acres and 50 acres of Bud Liteacres). The two owners met over coffee where Busch orally proposed a trade of 25 acres for the draining of the swamp and a payment of $50,000 ($5,000 up front and $45,000 upon completion). The two owners shook hands on the deal and proceed to mark the 25 acres Ashton would receive upon completion. Ashton then paid Busch $5,000 as a down payment and began working on the swamp. Over a 30 day period, Ashton successfully completes the work using his own materials and labor and prepares a $45,000 payment for Busch. However, when Ashton arrives to present the check to Busch, Busch is not home. Instead he left a note saying the deal was off, as there was no contract between the two, and the barbwire fence needed to be returned to its original position between the farms.
..., residents. The new residents obtain “affordable”, stylish housing and all of the pricey accommodations of life in a trendy urban neighborhood (coffee shops, bookstores, boutiques, club, etc.). Although long-time residents may benefit initially from safer, cleaner streets and better schools, they are eventually priced out of buying or renting. In addition, as the new residents impose their culture on the neighborhood, lower-income residents become socially and economically marginalized. Even if the economic discrepancies aren't as severe as they may appear, a persistent complaint about gentrification is that it damages the "soul" of a neighborhood. The tough character, eclectic spirit, and ethnic diversity that attracted the initial urban pioneers is overhauled by overpriced brunch menus, iPad-tapping hipsters, chain stores, and stroller parking at the corner bar.
In the 1920’s, investors were concerned with attracting the white, middle-class woman shoppers and repelling African American shoppers. When property values crashed during the Great Depression, white investors used racial discrimination to defend their property values rather than including those individuals to boost sales and business. By the 1950’s suburban areas were growing with white middle-class citizens and the usually poorer, nonwhite customers from nearby residential neighborhoods permeated the downtown areas. White people began to fear that the slums were taking over the prized but depleting downtown areas. According to Isenberg in her collection of studies in Downtown America, “To many downtown investors, the prospect of serving poor, nonwhite shoppers was a “nightmare”, not a vision, of future urban commercial life”.2 Racial tensions grew and propelled the urgency of white citizens to push for urban renewal (sometimes referenced as ‘Negro Removal’) in order to help dictate who should be downtown. In opposition, blacks increasingly began to demand rights and access within the downtown
Downtowns used to be vibrant places filled with businesses, people, and unique architecture. However, this has completely changed. Many downtowns have lost their businesses, people, and uniqueness. This is because of three things, the first one is Euclidean zoning. This separates land based on its use. This affects the variety of buildings and infrastructure in an area. Euclidean zoning assigns a purpose to a plot of land. The next thing that has led to the loss of vibrancy in downtowns is the G.I. bill, which resulted in the creation of new subdivisions throughout the US. Another factor is the Interstate Highway Act of 1956. These three things led to the creation of shopping malls. These shopping malls were built the same in different parts
Thus reaffirming that the act of gentrification does in fact have negative impacts. Furthermore, Paul continues to add persuasion to his side of the argument further questioning if the newer residents or “pioneers” that have "discovered" these cities and bring “urban revival” have romanticized their "frontier” and are oblivious to their impact on the residents or if they realize “One person's "pioneer" can be another's "invader" .In addition to his use of the words with American Old West connotations, from he adds a compare and contrast between gentrification in Brooklyn, New York and the American colonialism involving the Native American population eventually conveying that in both situations there was the language of colonial expansionism “that neglects the question of what happens to the natives….It removes any social consequence to the process”. Paul believes that one of the most important negative effects of gentrification is the that new resident’s and businesses’ apathy towards their direct and indirect impact of their native neighbors. His ultimate goal is make America aware of their monopolizing of urban communities as well as the negative effects that it
Every city has an problem, some major, others not so major. Some cities have more problems than others. Anderson is a city that doesn’t have as many problems as its surrounding cities. Anderson was a nice town that grew into a city of disrespectful teens.It’s Anderson’s major problem.
What makes Augusta So Boring? Is it because of the multiple chain stores being built in our city yearly, or because we’ve had not yet explored all the things there are to do. We may be focused too much on chain stores and not the actual city and the things that are offered. For some who may have lived in a certain place all their life they may tend to feel that the city they reside in can get boring at times. “In Praise of Chains” by Virginia Postrel she states that “Stores don’t give places there character” (p347). And I agree with that statement, chain stores do not define the city, chain stores have not turned Augusta into a boring city a boring city because of the variety, familiarity, and history.
Gentrification is also eroding small business in many neighbourhoods. In low-income areas, there tends to be more independent economic activity as local residents start small businesses close to where they live. At the moment, these businesses face multiple threats. Rapid demographic changes are narrowing the customer bases of neighbourhood businesses, and increased property values are making these businesses less sustainable. Stephen Fowler, the owner of the ‘Monkey’s Paw’ bookstore that recently moved from Little Portugal to Bloordale, says that his store’s rent tripled after the building was sold to a new owner. He notes that “little diner[s], or little junk store[s], those things are all getting priced out, because all of a sudden there