Urbanism Reconsidered: A Comparative Study of Local Areas in a Metropolis

Greer, Scott

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“…On the other hand, conversations about social problems, health problems, and vacations were both relatively high in salience and frequently discussed, while discussions about personal and family problems were both low in salience and relatively infrequently discussed. 3 As expected, beauticians reported discussing fashion more frequently than either barbers or pharmacists; barbers reported discussing fashion more frequently than pharmacists. Pharmacists discussed health more frequently than did either beauticians or barbers.…”

Section: The Respondents Reported Discussing a Wide Variety Of Topicssupporting

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Conversations in Public Places

Beinstein

1975

Journal of Communication

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Casual customer talk with beauticians, barbers, and druggists helps define a com~ilex set of mutual relations and expectations.Cit 117'nr t er ist ira 1 l y 11 r bn 17 it es m eet one n n o t h cr in h igh ly segm en t ed ro les.T h e y a~e , to be .sirre, dependent irpoii more people for the saiisfactions of their life-nccrl.c tlinn are rirrnl peoplc a n d t1iir.r are ossoriaterl with a g i m t c r niimbcr of organ,izecl g~oiif).r, h i t t h e y are less dependent upon pnrtirirlar pei..sons, and their dependence upon others is confined to a iiiglrly fractionnlizctl a.cpect of t h e other's ? m i n d 01 ortiuity. T h i s is es.scntial1y whnt i.c m e a n i b y .sciying thnt t h e city is characterized by secondayy rather than prinzary contacts. T h e contacts of the city may indeed be face to fore, birt t i 7 q are nevertheless impersonal, .siiperficid, lransitory, and segmental. T h e w s e r 7~, the indiflerencc, nnd the blase' outloolc which iir1~znite.e manifest in their relationships may thus be rega~~rlctl (is de71icc.c of inzniirnizing iiicrnsel7~e.s against the personal claims and cxpcctntions of othm-s.-Louis Wirth (7) Althougli the implications of urbanism for sorial participation have been a focus of systematic study for more than a generation now, many o f I~Virtli's early hypotheses about urban social participation (7) have been incompletely examined. Are the interpersonal relationships of the urbanite more segmental and transitory than those of his rural counterpart? Does he consequently develop a blask attitude toward other people and an intlifference to their problems and goals? Does he become increasingly self-seeking at the expense of neighborhood or community efforts-later regretting his loss of community (5)?

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Section: The Respondents Reported Discussing a Wide Variety Of Topicssupporting

confidence: 60%

Conversations in Public Places

Beinstein

1975

Journal of Communication

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“…There has been a long-standing debate about how to define the boundaries of communities (see, for example, Greer 1956). Ideally, of course, ecological data from primary and secondary sources are supplemented by residents' accounts of how they define their neighborhood, but this method is prohibitive for any large-scale survey.…”

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Cosmopolitan Environments and Adolescents' Gains in Social Studies

Blau¹,

Lamb²,

Stearns³

et al. 2001

Sociology of Education

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“…For example, organization types have been studied and cataloged by Bell and Force (1956), Babchuk and Booth (1959), and Knoke and Thompson (1977). Sociodemographic correlates with membership have also been studied including income, education, sex, age, and marital status (Greer 1956;Wright and Hyman 1958;Defee, Schultz, and Pasewark 1974;Knoke and Thompson 1977;McPherson and Smith-Lovin 1987).…”

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Those Benevolent Boosters:Spatial Patterns of Kiwanis Membership in the United States

Wikle

1997

Journal of Cultural Geography

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For over 80 years service clubs such as Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis have helped to shape the economic stamina and social character of communities across the United States. However, despite their ubiquity within cities and towns, little research has examined spatial patterns or con centrations of service clubs or their members. The study presented here pro vides an overview of geographic patterns of membership in the third largest community service club in the world, Kiwanis International. County and state maps showing location quotients (LQs) reveal a core of membership concentration in northern Midwest and Rocky Mountain states, especially Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. The lowest LQ values were found in urbanized states such as Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maryland. A socioeconomic profile was also developed of counties that had very high or low LQ values. High LQ counties were mostly rural and have experienced recent losses in population and retail sales. In contrast, counties with at least one club but very low LQ values were primarily urban and have experienced population increases and economic growth. As suggested by the profile, Kiwanis membership remains robust in many rural communities despite unfavorable economic circumstances.

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Urbanism Reconsidered: A Comparative Study of Local Areas in a Metropolis

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Cosmopolitan Environments and Adolescents' Gains in Social Studies

Those Benevolent Boosters:Spatial Patterns of Kiwanis Membership in the United States

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