Succesful And Unsuccesful Places

Question 1

What led to San Francisco becoming a successful place?

Answer 1

The 1990s growth of dot com business ( quaternary) — reinventor city

Question 2

What did dot com business lead to in San Francisco?

Answer 2

Average income increased to 93000 dollars a year
Haughty ashbury— house prices increased to 1-3 million dollars

Question 3

How was San Francisco affected by the paradox of success?

Answer 3

High incomes led to gentrification— lower income families displaced as cost of living rose 25% higher than national average
Top 5%—800000$ bottom 20%—16000$

Question 4

What makes itchen valley successful

Answer 4

Well connected— lots of wealthy people from London
M3 motorway, M25 London orbital ring road, 65 min train to Waterloo

Question 5

What are the effects of this wealth in Itchen valley?

Answer 5

High property prices— Itchen Abbas = 1-2 million
High education— Winchester college 1/3rd of students go to oxbridge

Question 6

What are the downsides of the Itchen valley wealth?

Answer 6

Out migration of lower wage trades people leading to service provision

Question 7

What caused the decline of Detroit?

Answer 7

Cheaper car imports from Japan led to loss of 140000 jobs between 1947 and 1963 (part of rust belt)

Question 8

What we’re the effects of this decline?

Answer 8

1950-2010 61% population decrease — white flight
2017 82% black population 8% white
Increasing racial tensions
Low average house price-40000$
38% poverty —2015