Week 10! blog

I thought the images and other materials from around Hull House were very interesting and showed a lot about community. I noticed that there was no real strong collection of incomes in a specific area from the 1st wage map. There was a lot of distribution of colors (incomes) for the small area and it did not seem like there was a strong concentration of different wages in different areas. There was definite separation of people based on ethnicity though. There was an overwhelming population of Italian, African American, and Bohemian people. It was interesting because the groups would be spread out for most of the area, just like in the wage map, but there were a few sections where there were dense populations of one ethnic group. For example in the 1st ethnic map there is a large percentage of people of Italian descent in the north east corner of the area. However, there is still some Italian people spread out throughout the rest of the northern section also. It is interesting that people do collect in areas like this based on nationality, but do not seem to group based on wage. It seems to show that people who came to America identify closely with their ethnicity and not with the jobs they have. Also, there did not seem to be much space for people to collect socially in the neighborhoods. The photos showed how little space their was for children to play in. The children had to use streets and alleyways to play, and I imagine that there was no other space for adults. The houses were so close together, there were no yards or no common space for people to congregate. I think that Hull House creates a place for people to gather and helps to create a sense of community that gets past the ethnicity's of the people in the area.