New York Case Study Flashcards
1
Q
What is New York’s overall population?
A
8.5 million
2
Q
What is New York’s immigrant population?
A
5.8 million
3
Q
What led to suburbanisation?
A
Overcrowding
Expanded subways allowing people to go all the way from manhattan to Long Island
4
Q
What is white flight?
A
Counter urbanisation (urban to rural)
The fleeing of white migrants who’d done well enough to move out, leaving the poor black Americans
5
Q
New York lost 12% of its population between 1950 and 1980, why?
A
Wealthy white migrants moved out
6
Q
After 1980 New York re urbanised and people moved back, why?
A
Knowledge economy created employment
Closure of docks and industries created space for regeneration
