Critical Analysis Of The Cash Ghetto

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The Cash Ghetto is written to inform the reader of the differing cultures created by the economic barrier between that of the middle-class and the poor community. The information provided is well organized, relevant, and well supported although a bit of a hostile tone at times. The author provides history, cultural examples, and shares information that you would not find out by looking from the outside- in. Each topic shows how the cultures have come to be, the benefits of the cash ghetto culture, as well as the downside to this particular culture. The article begins by explaining how the cash ghetto came to be. The author explains the change in the community following a newly constructed road; the town went from a mixture of poor and middle-class homeowners, to the midde-class leaving for the suburbs and only the poor were left to live in the town; thriving dealerships, turning into used car lots and body shops; from family restaurants following the middle-class family, and leaving fast food restaurants to open. The author uses the previous examples to support his idea that the forming of the cash ghetto followed the middle-class leaving to the suburbs. After giving background information on how the culture first …show more content…

Some of the article provides a neutral and informative tone, while the other half seems hostile to the new situation of the cash ghetto. For instance, the author stated that the government 's attempts to improve the area just added to the decay. The author states his/her belief that the government facilities, in place of old homes and buildings, made the neighborhood take on the appearance of a failed social experiment. In addition to disliking the recently added buildings, the author has come to dislike the government provided homes for the senior citizens. He refers to the relationship of senior citizens and their living quarters, as being a prisoner of the

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