SOC 102 Lecture 8: exam2 review
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What was the impact on the central cities and their populations: the gi bill, low-cost government-insured mortgages and education payments, expansion of debt. Construction of interstate highways, commuter roads serving suburbia 3. Community control of housing policies -- set favorable property tax rates; kept public and subsidized housing out 4. Promoted dependency on the automobile and support for suburban living in general. Motivation: congestion and population density of the cities, pollution caused by industry and high levels of traffic and a general perception of a lower quality of life in inner city areas. Metropolitan areas are sprawling over larger geographic spaces to urban fringe areas: impacts on central cities: the central cities were left with poorer populations, a greatly reduced tax base, few jobs, a low level of services. 1. federal aid to cities was cut drastically under the reagan and bush administrations. Revenue sharing by the federal government, which had helped provide social services and urban programs, was eliminated.
