Personal Experience: A Culturally Diverse Community And Urban Living

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In comparison to other communities, I love living in Cincinnati. It is a culturally diverse community in close proximity to suburbia or urban living. However, I would like to make a change to the intimate township I live in. From my perspective, the people have become stuck in a rut. Many students in my high school are generational, including myself, where my mom attended the same middle school and high school that I have attended. In addition, I have talked to many friends and family members and noted how people feel it is a great town, so they never choose to move or make any drastic changes. For many people, this is the perfect style of living, but I think it has caused our township to become stagnant. One solution I would present to

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