Week of May 13

Based on your analysis of your own interests, aspirations, and desires, and assuming that you had no option but to live in an urban area, which kind of “Urb” would you seek out for yourself, and why? Your answer should indicate that you understand what the living in an urb of that sort would be like, and how you would envision yourself enjoying that type of urban life.

Locate such an area in the city you’ve been investigating in your group, describe that area, and if possible, provide some illustration which shows its character, using all the tools I’ve showed you this semester. Don't neglect Craig's List

Bonus

If you've been pursuing some topic of special interest in your city, tell us all about it.

Length: c: 3-4 pp. Say what you have to say and quit.

"Cities and Diversity"

Based on your reading of Suarez, and Isenberg, as well as other ideas you may have picked out from other readings in this class or other classes, what kind of relationship do you see between American racial attitudes and the current state of American Cities. (Your readings in Suarez constitute Chapters 1 & 7, plus two of your choice).

Bonus!

Is it possible to create better cities and use them as tools to improve relationships among America’s diverse peoples? If so, how?

The week of April 15 I provided you with questionnaires from Get Urban which Ezell argued would determine what kind of urban area would be best suited for you, should you be required to live in a city at some point in your life.

I'm going lazy on you and placing both of these on a single web page. I've indicated in class that I've been re-shaping the cities project, primarily because I let the organizing of city groups slide. My bad, as the saying goes.

I do want to find a way to share your project investigations with each other, I intend to do this by converting your submissions into portable document files (.pdf), which I can upload and show via the website. I am also going to prepare an area for comments on blackboard so you can record your appreciation for what you've gained from the project of your peers.