Summary of Chapter 15

In Chapter 15, the author talked about the “slum operates as vicious circles” She used the examples to talk about a perpetual slum is that too many people move out of a place too fast. She also said about the cause of the slum dweller and poor immigrants. She explained the slum formation would bring the crowdedness, and it is the reason people with the only choice to move into an unpopular area. Once the slum formed, the pattern of the emigration would make the successful people to move out. Furthermore, the author also talked about the unsluming and its accompanying self-diversification, which is the population, is reflected in diversification of commercial and cultural way.

Introduction of Research Paper

Flushing is in a north-central Queens. It is all of central Queens from Maspeth to Whitestone. But the neighborhood of Flushing is really between Flushing Meadows Park and Utopia Parkway (Auburndale). Flushing commutes on the #7 subway to midtown Manhattan from the Main Street terminus. The LIRR also runs from Main Street to midtown. Flushing is a home to Chinese, Korean, Indians, Italians, Afghans, Pakistanis, and many others. There are many shop signs in English, Chinese, and Korean on a typical downtown Flushing Main Street. Downtown Flushing Main Street includes a large variety of residential and commercial buildings. Neighbors accept each other’s different skin color, different traditional language speaking, different culture, and different religious belief. Therefore, as diversity spreads in Flushing, it had attracted more population move into here with different background. As a result, it will increase the tax revenue to improve the public service, public safety, & job opportunities for community.

Thesis Statement

Since diversity had attracted more population to move into Flushing, it will increase the tax revenue to improve the public service, public safety, & job opportunities for community.

Support Arguments:

1. Collect more money from tax is good for putting more money on developing more services for community, such as hiring more doctors in hospitals or adding more programs for library to serve residents in local.

2. More population will attract more businesses develop in Flushing; therefore, more job opportunities will create for local.

Summary of Chapter 13

In Chapter 13, the author related to her topic about all kinds of diversity should mingle together and support each other, which is good for people to sustain their society and civilization. She also described the necessary of the public and quasi public bodies for making the city diversity. Furthermore, she talked about some forces that influence the growth of diversity, such as self-destruction of diversity. To demonstrate the self-destruction of diversity, she used some examples to support the tendency for outstanding success in cities will destroy in itself and can be seen little nodes of activity. At the same time, she believed there is some new diversity come in. Therefore, city planner should know the diversion, such as the zoning for diversity, staunchness of public buildings, and competitive diversion.