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Toward an Understanding of Metropolitan America Report of the Social Science Panel on the Significance of Community in the Metropolitan Environment of the Advisory Committee to the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Assembly of Behavioral and Socia (1974) / Chapter Skim
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Consolidated List of Findings
Pages 133-140

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From page 133...
... In the process of metropolitanization, there has been suburban selectivity of the higher socioeconomic groups. As multicentered metropolitan communities evolve, however, socioeconomic variations among suburbs will probably be of increasing significance: different suburbs will draw disproportionately from different socioeconomic classes.
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From page 134...
... • The deconcentrating movement of urban populations and the diffusion of urban characteristics are not confined to metropolitan areas; they have extended into the adjacent rural territory to produce there the country's highest growth rates. Ninety-five percent of the nation's population lives within the labor shed of metropolitan central cities.
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From page 135...
... There is very little support, however, for the theory that city life impairs mental functioning in ways that can be termed psychiatric disorders. City-suburban differences in patterns of living, for example, differences in community involvement and frequency of contact with neighbors, are almost entirely explained by socioeconomic differences.
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From page 136...
... The characteristics of one are often confused with those of the other. • Lower residential densities, rising household incomes, increasing specialization, and a preponderant reliance on the automobile have contributed to the diminished importance of the more traditional neighborhood, or microcommunity, pattern.
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From page 137...
... a sensitive network for information collection and analysis that can monitor the outcomes of public and private initiatives; and (4) adequate feedback of findings and forecasts to provide a more reliable basis for public and private decisions.
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From page 138...
... In lieu of reorganization, a large number of special districts have been created to meet the service needs of metropolitan communities. Although the county seldom includes the total interactive and interdependent area of a metropolitan community, enlarging county responsibilities may improve local government for smaller metropolitan areas.
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