GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Three Cities, Visible Minority, Cultural Capital
10 Nov 2012
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The decline of the inner suburbs: north york, scarborough, and etobicoke. The response to urban crowding, industrial pollution, and a booming population in. North america was to create new suburban neighbourhoods. Industry was carefully separated from residences, large homes with generous lots were accessible to the middle class, and the automobile was seen as a quick, efficient, and affordable way to get around. The majority of inner suburb neighbourhoods in the 20th century had a urban form of: dominated by the automobile, strip malls, industrial buildings, and public housing, with few community amenities or historical buildings. Middle-class families started to movie either downtown or to suburban cities like. Markham or brampton leaving the inner-suburban neighbourhoods declining. These changes have been identified as a part of a broader trend of income polarization in toronto. The three cities of toronto: a phenomenon of income polarization: city #1 has seen incomes rise by 20%
