Examples Of Spatial Inequality

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What is spatial inequality? Spatial inequality is unequal amounts of resources in certain areas. Spatial inequality is people in Mexico not getting medical care because one side is using it all. (hook)

The way urbanization impacts standards of living is more people have less jobs, there is no space for people to live. No space for people to live means no more housing. People would have to live on the streets. Since there are no jobs the income is lower and that means more poverty. Only the rich get to have the luxuries of jobs, houses, food, clothes,and education. Those who live in poverty have to work for the rich to get those luxuries. (body paragraph 1)

Some people live in shacks with no water, while others get to live in big fancy houses

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