✅Case Study - Los Angeles Flashcards
1
Q
Why do edge cities form?
A
Suburbanisation, caused by increased car ownership
2
Q
What is the “white flight”?
A
Where white, middle-class families move from the centre to edge cities.
3
Q
How many edge cities are their in LA?
A
20+
4
Q
What are the negative impacts of edge cities?
A
Businesses and services followed the workers to cheaper and larger sites in the suburbs, causing downtown LA to suffer economically.
5
Q
How is LA cultural segregated?
A
The edge cities have caused ethnic groups to self-segregate with African Americans, Mexican Hispanics and Middle-class white people in distinctive areas.
