There are always different areas and beliefs in big cities, but in some cities they are taken to a whole new level. Everyone is proud of where they are from naturally, whether it’s in regards to their sports team, schools, or maybe a famous product that originated from there. There is a very well known divide in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, where there seems to be a highway or street creating an invisible line. Cincinnati is well known for its education, food, and the diverse lifestyles one may be able experience in the rather large suburban area. If someone asks a Cincinnatian where they’re from, they will proudly respond with either the Westside or Eastside! Common phrases one may hear are, “Westside best-side or Eastside money-side.” It’s not necessarily true that someone is considered good or bad due to their response; it’s just a pride factor to them.
Westsiders are known for being heavily conservative, typically blue-collar workers; very family orientated, and strong willed Catholics whom never leave. When someone from the Westside is asked where he or she went to school, the typical answer is their high school. This isn’t because they discontinue to pursue their education after high school, but it’s more symbolic to them. This institution for the rest of their lives will label them in a way. There isn’t much difference in the quality of education by any means; it’s more of a rivalry between the sports, as one might say.
The Westside has Elder, Oak Hills, St. Xavier, and LaSalle; which are all very good schools and well recognized for their academic achievements. These institutions are rated excellent year after year by the State Board of Ohio for their continued academic success. The alumni for these schools are very ...
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... win the pennant. Even through all their differences, one can’t help to notice without the random invisible line have grown to know, then Cincinnati wouldn’t be Cincinnati. Both areas are great places to live and raise a family and although there seems to be this great divide, everything is very accessible through highways and transportation.
Most people who grow up in Cincinnati cant wait to get out, but once they leave they can’t wait to come back because there is no other place like it. It has the small town “homey” feeling everybody grows to love, along with big city options that are easily accessible. Nobody ever wants to come to Cincinnati, but once they do, they realize how special it is, regardless of the territory. Its unique structure comes as surprise, yet, joyous experience and that’s what makes it special. East or West, North or South Who-Dey baby!
Chicago, one of the most popular cities in America. Visits from families all around the country, what makes this place so great? Is it the skyscrapers that protrude the sky? Or is it the weather people loved? Does Chicago being the second most favored city in America show that this town has some greatness? In the nonfiction novel The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson uses imagery, tone, and figurative language to portray the dreamlike qualities of Chicago and the beauty that lies within this city.
So I am asking myself, what is it about this guy Mapplethorpe that upsets everybody so much? My interest was sparked by an oral performance piece by Laurie Anderson entitled, “Large Black Dick” in which she says:
The residents of this region felt as though they are completely different from residents of Western Shore, as they like to call them. The residents do not like being compared to the western part of the state is said that the western part is too liberal, while the region’s “values tend to be conservative and closely related to Virginia” (McCarthy SpliceToday.com). Another aspect that
So I guess the only way to describe this is like the rivalry there is between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears, or the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics, but it definitely has the animosity of the New York Yankees and the Boston Red sox. For a multitude of reasons both of my grandmothers do not like each other, like not even a little. They can’t even say the others name without a look of disgust coming across their face.
Cincinnati was one of the first well-known cities in United States. As most cities, Cincinnati pass from a place where settlers gather to a real city. Through books as “Society, manners and politics in the United States: being a series of letters on North America” by
Most people notice that right when one enters Neshannock from New Castle, the neighborhoods start to look safer, more kept, and nicer. Similarly, if one drives from New Castle to Laurel, houses immediately begin to become further apart. As a result, many stereotypes have been formed about the different sections of the county. For Example, the New Castle youth are troublemakers, Neshannock students are wealthy “cake eaters,” Laurel people are country farmers, and Wilmington citizens are all Amish. Like all stereotypes, these “social perceptions” are never completely accurate. Obviously, not everyone from Neshannock are rude, privileged individuals, and not everyone from New Castle are poor, misbehaving students. When attempting to describe a citizen from Lawrence County, it may be difficult to accurately perform. Though all counties have their own stereotypes, Lawrence County is unique, because it houses a wide variety of citizens of different values, beliefs, backgrounds, and
Championship weekend featured four of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, two of which who could be considered the best of all-time. In the league today, you have to get great play from your quarterbacks, that much was proven in the postseason. But when you look at who made the Super Bowl, what do you see? Fantastic defenses, with smothering secondaries, and hellacious pass rushes. The Panthers and the Broncos have fantastic quarterbacks, but the defenses are what got both teams to the Super Bowl.
To clarify this point, I must first describe the ways in which Saint Ignatius High School is different from the typical inner-city school. Most people define inner-city schools as institutions which are in the city and have a comparatively inferior education system. This private, Catholic institution consists mostly of white students who come from wealthy families. Although Saint Ignatius is in the city, it also gives its students one of the best educations in the state. In fact, the surrounding city contrasts the school in almost every way. Robberies and fights occur almost daily in this poor area of the city. Mexicans make up the majority of the residents in the surrounding neighborhood. The minute I stepped off the campus of the school, I realized I had entered an entirely new world.
With less than 5,000 residents living in Smallville, Ohio, it is an ideal small town where everyone knows each other, multiple generations of families live and grow and barely any crimes are committed. The main road leading into Smallville is like a never-ending run of corn fields, silos and dairy farms. It's an old town with old traditions. As brief as my residency was in Smallville, I witnessed the social injustices and educational issues that plague small town living.
The severe layoffs in Wilmington forced us to confront the significance of losing our hometown. By coming home to work, we have had the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to repairing the place that anchors us to the world. The things that make Wilmington an important place to us are the same things that make our work powerful, such as its historical narrative, the communal social ties we share with the people with whom we work, and inspiration provided by our friends and families. Working as members of our own community gives our work a unique purpose that only arises when the people engaged in the work are fully anchored to the place in which they work. We hope that our work will help shift perspective back to the value of places, and provide others with a living model for the impact that can be made by investing in the places that make us who we are.
Lets put ourselves into the shoes of a London resident, shall we? Walking down the road, a fellow civilian begins a conversation with us, soon inquiring on the area which we reside. Simple question, correct? Wrong. Throughout London there has remained a divide between East and West London since the Victorian Era. West side London remains blessed with the reputation of maintaining a family-friendly, uppity, and wealthy neighborhood; while the East side has remained notorious for it’s more difficult and not-so-friendly areas filled with crime. East London has had a rather negative reputation for decades at this point, and can generally be recognized as the half of London containing the working class people residing in poor suburban areas. In contrast to the East, West London depicts the glorious scenery that all people imagine after watching a film which is set in England. The department stores surrounding pristine apartment buildings, all centralized around gorgeous green
Undoubtedly work and place influence its surroundings. Youngstown, Ohio is emphasized as one in particular. As a result “steelmaking fueled the area’s economy and defined its identity” (68). The city was represented in newspapers, art work, postcards, and many texts as both “impressive and attractive” (75), as well as “imposing, confusing, and uninviting” (86). Considering the conflicting representations, steelmaking “also suggest(s) a key element of conflict in the community” that it was so clearly creating an identity for (69).
“Chicago,” by Carl Sandburg wrote a poem that the great city of Chicago that embraces everything that the city has to offer, from hog butchers to railroads, from construction sites to prostitutes. The poem paints a portrait of a vibrant, cunning, wicked, joyful, laughing place. The speaker begins the poem by telling the reader about all of the negative aspects of the city of Chicago but ends in the exact opposite stance. The poet feels that Chicago will face the future ready to fight and win. Sandburg can show how Chicago holds many of the same qualities as an immature young man: both are vibrant and active, but both also have many flaws. Sandburg also celebrates the many types of workers that helped the city grow, from the hog butchers that feed the populace to the people that build the
Before talking about what goes on inside the schools, I'd like to mention the district itself. There will be no alternative school choices, bussing, or deliberate desegregation practices. Each school will be remarkably similar to the others in the district so that every child may receive a similar education regardless of the neighborhood they live in. When students are separated to different schools for any reason (academic talent, wealth, interests, race, gender) they fail to interact with different types of people that they will undoubtedly encounter in the "real" adult world. In addition, I feel that is very important for children from the same neighborhood to attend the same school in order to increase a sense of community. Finally, as the Case Study of Boulder Valley points out, school choice takes valuable resources away from teaching and places them in school competition (Howe 144).
Where I live is one of the greatest neighborhoods in the city to live in; however, it does have its drawbacks. Importantly, it has nearly everything a resident might want, beautiful picturesque scenery, proximity to shopping, and many of the cultural centers. Nevertheless, the roads can be some of the most congested in town, and the streets are not safe to walk late at night. Fortunately, I wake every morning to the most beautiful sun-lit house. I sit on my porch sipping coffee, while I drink in an atmosphere that steals my breath away.