Shirley and Detroit

Question 1

Background info of Shirley

Answer 1

• a suburb of Solihull
• average age is 41 and 20% residents are 65+
• 3 miles from Solihull town centre

Question 2

History of Shirley

Answer 2

• originally a farming village
• grew rapidly following the introduction of Shirley train centre in 1908

Question 3

Levels of poverty and deprivation in Shirley

Answer 3

• low levels of deprivation
• 40% of houses have 2 or more vehicles
• 60% of pupils have 5 GCSEs (national average is 50%)

Question 4

Qualitative data Shirley

Answer 4

• advertising promoting Shirley’s culture (annual Shirley carnival and Shirley dining)
• art trails & coloured post boxes

Question 5

Quantitative data Shirley

Answer 5

• 60% of pupils have a least 5 GCSEs (national average 50%)
• 1% of working population unemployed in 2015
• 2014 Place survey showed 94% of residents were happy in Shirley

Question 6

Detroit historical timeline

Answer 6

1950 - ‘Motor City’ Detroit population hits 1.8 million with 300,000 car manufacturing jobs
1967 - The twelfth street riots, 43 dead, 7000+ arrested
2003 - Detroit files for bankruptcy following Chrysler, General Motors and Ford prioritising overseas manufacturing
2023 - population of 630,000

Question 7

Detroit quantitative data

Answer 7

• 15% unemployment rate
• £20,000 average salary
• 35% of the population under the poverty line

Question 8

Detroit qualitative data

Answer 8

• ‘you can’t have shit in Detroit’
• films like ‘8 mile’ and ‘Detroit’
• top 10 most dangerous places in the US
• Detroit as the ‘first third world American city’