Another differencing factor is with their economic status in relationship to their clothing.

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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing.

Franklin resides in a poor
community, and kids do not have the finances to
buy expensive clothes.
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes.

Being a community of a poorer working class,
most of the guys from Franklin wore K-mart
sneakers while Columbus team members squeaked
about the court in Air Jordans (10).
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10).

Families do not have the means to buy expensive
clothes because they need to use their finances
for the essentials of living.
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10). Families do not have the means to buy
  expensive clothes because they need to use their
  finances for the essentials of living.

Expensive clothes, while they may be something
wanted, are not a priority the cost of living is.
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10). Families do not have the means to buy
  expensive clothes because they need to use their
  finances for the essentials of living. Expensive
  clothes, while they may be something wanted, are
  not a priority the cost of living is.

Hence, they have to resort to what they
can afford.
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10). Families do not have the means to buy
  expensive clothes because they need to use their
  finances for the essentials of living. Expensive
  clothes, while they may be something wanted, are
  not a priority the cost of living is. Hence,
  they have to resort to what they can afford.

As a result, clothes are
do not hold a high importance for them.
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10). Families do not have the means to buy
  expensive clothes because they need to use their
  finances for the essentials of living. Expensive
  clothes, while they may be something wanted, are
  not a priority the cost of living is. Hence,
  they have to resort to what they can afford. As a
  result, clothes are do not hold a high importance
  for them.

Unlike
Franklin, kids from Columbus are dressed
stylishly. It would never enter their minds to
shop at K-Mart or tote a bologna sandwich in a
twice-used paper bag (13).
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10). Families do not have the means to buy
  expensive clothes because they need to use their
  finances for the essentials of living. Expensive
  clothes, while they may be something wanted, are
  not a priority the cost of living is. Hence,
  they have to resort to what they can afford. As a
  result, clothes are do not hold a high importance
  for them. Unlike Franklin, kids from Columbus are
  dressed stylishly. It would never enter
  their minds to shop at K-Mart or tote a bologna
  sandwich in a twice-used paper bag (13).

They shop for designer clothes
at higher end stores and boutiques.
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10). Families do not have the means to buy
  expensive clothes because they need to use their
  finances for the essentials of living. Expensive
  clothes, while they may be something wanted, are
  not a priority the cost of living is. Hence,
  they have to resort to what they can afford. As a
  result, clothes are do not hold a high importance
  for them. Unlike Franklin, kids from Columbus are
  dressed stylishly. It would never enter
  their minds to shop at K-Mart or tote a bologna
  sandwich in a twice-used paper bag (13). They
  shop for designer clothes at higher end stores
  and boutiques.

Because these families do not
struggle with income, buying more expensive
clothes becomes their essential for kids at
this age.
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• Another differencing factor is with their
  economic status in relationship to their
  clothing. Franklin resides in a poor community,
  and kids do not have the finances to buy
  expensive clothes. Being a community of a poorer
  working class, most of the guys from
  Franklin wore K-mart sneakers while Columbus team
  members squeaked about the court in Air Jordans
  (10). Families do not have the means to buy
  expensive clothes because they need to use their
  finances for the essentials of living. Expensive
  clothes, while they may be something wanted, are
  not a priority the cost of living is. Hence,
  they have to resort to what they can afford. As a
  result, clothes are do not hold a high importance
  for them. Unlike Franklin, kids from Columbus are
  dressed stylishly. It would never enter
  their minds to shop at K-Mart or tote a bologna
  sandwich in a twice-used paper bag (13). They
  shop for designer clothes at higher end stores
  and boutiques. Because these families do not
  struggle with income, buying more expensive
  clothes becomes their essential for kids at
  this age.

Kids at Columbus have become materialistic, and
the brands of clothes have become a status they
are judged by what they wear
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Transition

• The schools are not the only thing they have in
  common that have a division between them. The
  neighborhoods are also very different from each
  other.
• Not only is the school divided by economic
  differences, the neighborhoods/communities are
  too.

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Inner City of Mission District Neighborhood

• People of Mission live in run down apartments,
  and the noise and pollution is at an all time
  high.
• There are littered streets and graffiti covered
  walls (9).
• the Number 43 bus leaving shreds of black
  smoke hovering in the dank city air (p. 6).
• the ghetto blasters shouldered by shirtless
  vatos (2).
• jackhammers cutting up the street early in the
  morning (2-3).
• They live in apartments and flats
• They can not afford nicer homes
• Streets covered in trash and graffiti
• Cars and busses leave black smoke
• people do not take pride enough in their
  community to take care of it.
• The only form of landscaping they would be able
  to have would be in planters or potted plants.

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Sycamore neighborhood

• Sycamore has quiet neighborhoods with neatly
  kept yards and nice homes.
• the peacefulness of sprinklers hissing on green
  lawns and the sycamores that lined the street
  (7).
• splashes of flowers and neatly piled firewood
  (7).
• hedges where jays built scrawny nests and
  bickered when cats slithered too close (7).
• People take pride in their neighborhood and keep
  it clean.
• They can afford to have nice houses and to keep
  their yards nice.
• The area is serene and peaceful.
• There are no buses or ghetto blasters to bother
  people

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Mission District - transportation

• They live in the urban bario and can not afford
  nice cars. Instead, they drive inexpensive, used
  cars or take the public transportation.
• ..run down Chevys and fender-buckled Ford
  Torinos bleeding black oil (2).
• They do not have jobs that allows them to afford
  nicer cars.
• They do whatever they can to keep the ones they
  have running.
• Children have to walk or ride the bus to school.

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Sycamore neighborhood/transportation

• They can afford to drive nice cars.
• most of them dressed in suits start off to
  their jobs in BMWs, Saabs, and Volvos with their
  private school sons and daughters in the back
  seats (7).
• The people have careers that allow them the
  financial freedom to buy luxuries like expensive
  foreign cars.
• They take pride in their things, so naturally
  their cars are well maintained.
• Their kids do not ride a bus instead, they are
  driven by their parents to school.
• Noisy buses would never be seen going down the
  street.

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Mission - Crime

• There are gang which results in violence and
  crime.
• The graffiti-covered walls call out Con safos
  and F-14 (7).
• small Victorian flat ransacked The window
  screen was slashed, and the TX and stereo were
  gone. Left in their place were a couple of
  crushed beer cans and cigarette butts (3).
• People have to keep their homes locked up
• They have to be careful at night
• It was common for a someone to come home from
  work and find their home robbed.
• It is clearly not a neighborhood one would want
  to raise children in.
• The kids have become tough in order to survive
  the environment.

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Sycamore

• Because Sycamore is an upstanding neighborhood,
  crime is not a problem.
• People seemed distant (7).
• People tend to keep to themselves and not bother
  the other neighbors.
• Is not the type of neighborhood where criminals
  would be.
• Possibly have good security patrolling and/or
  alarm systems

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Mission - Homes
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