Introduction

My Neighborhood Since November 2003 which is the time I just moved to Brooklyn from China. I thought that was turning point of my life, unfortunately, that was not true. My neighborhood made me felt that I never left my country. Eighth Avenue, which my neighborhood was located full with Chinese culture. After 1960, a huge number of Chinese populations moved from china and to establish in a residence. People wanted to live here for good. Certainly, they spread culture and business. As we know, the Eighth Avenue is near the Sunset Park, my four-year life here, I could see that Chinese population was still increasing around my neighborhood and some Chinese chain stores had been opened on 6th and 9th Avenue. It means that the area of Chinese community was expanding. In the other hand, after few years my neighborhood might become a Chinatown like the one in Manhattan.

Thesis statement

My neighborhood is near the Sunset Park that is a expanding chinese community because the Chinese population increasing since 1960 which spread the culture, business, and technique.

GAC 15

The chapter 15 is wrote about slum. Jane Jacobs tell people that slum areas are the perpetrators and victims of the problem. Moreover, slums tend to spread. Urban renewal projects try to stop slums but the attempts have mostly failed. She also identifies conventional approaches to slums as being paternalistic. As we know the people who live in the slums building on the inherent desire of those living in and patronizing the slums to better their area, revitalization can be accomplished. Last, The problem with the slums is that people move in and out too quickly. Slums can be "unslummed", but not easily.

Interview

This morning, I went down and ask my 10 questions. Mrs zhao, who live here with her husband, daughter and son-in-law about 17 tears. She said the big problem about live here is the communication, because the language, she can't speak english, so she can't have more communication with neighbors. The first time here she felt quite. she want to complain us that we mass around the garbage and we never neaten it. The owner of this building pay her to neaten the garbages. She also replies that our neighborhood is not safety in the beginning, she heard many people around here got robbed, stolen and some people fight. Furthermore, she had seen a car accident on one block away from my apartment before. The big change of our neighborhood she mentioned is the security is getting better, since those years, more Asians move from other community to here. Last, I ask her, what was her opnion about people had lack of connection in our neighborhood? She said most of New Yorker are lazy and they don't want to talk to other neighbors, so, she don't surprise about this.

GAC 13

The Chapter 13 is the first chapter of the part three forces of decline and regeneration. In this chapter Jacobs mentioned the self-destruction of diversity can happen in streets, at small nodes of vitality, in groupings of streets, or in whole districts. She states that diversity is inherently required for city life to work in a constructive manner, and provides the basis for the perpetuation of the city. Although the responsibility for public use entities such as schools,parks, community centers and more is to be undertaken by public and "quasi-public" sources. Most outstandingly successful city residential districts have never possessed the four fundamental conditions for generating exuberant diversity int he first place.

Jacobs state the self-destruction of diversity is caused by success,not by failure.The process is a continuation of same economic processes that led to the successitself, and were indispensable to it. It is the problem of getting the supply of vital,diversified city streets and districts into a saner relationship with demand.

10 Interview Questions

1.How long have you been here?
2.Who were you lived with?
3.Do you have any problem about lived here?
4.What did you feel when you are first time here?
5.Do you have any complain about neighborhood?
6.Did any one call you to tidy those garbage up?you do it buy yourself?
7.What do you think about our neighborhood, is it safety or not?
8.Have you ever seen any accidents here?
9.Did you see any change in our neighborhood?
10.What do you think about people had a lack of connection in our neighborhood?

Summary for chapter11-12

The chapter 11-12 is describe the need for concentration generally. In Jane's opinion, she had writen that in condition 4 in chapter 7. Some myths about diversity which is chapter 12 also include the information about concentration. She thinks Lack of wide ranges of concentrated diversity can put people into automobiles for almost all their needs. The spaces required for roads and for parking spread everything out still has the problem, and causes still greater uses of vehicles. Otherwise, diversified city areas, people still walk, an activity that is impractical in suburbs and in most dull areas. The more intensely various and close-grained the diversity in an area, the more walking. Even people who come into a lively, diverse area from outside, whether any transpotation.