Does the type of housing people live in effect their political participation?
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Yes people who live in mansions and have limos with drivers tend to be very active, while people who live in housing projects who have to risk their lives just to get to the bus stop tend to be less politcally active and worry more about simply surviving.
596867
I most definitely do. The decisions that are made on the your local level are the ones, most of the time, that have the most affect on a person. Additonally, the local politicians are easier to make contact with if you have concerns and questions.
878402
I realize facts aren't what you're looking for, but here ya go...according to "Party Politics in America" (M. Hershey, P. Beck; Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, 2003), "People with lower incomes and less education are more likely to call themselves Democrats than Republicans." (p. 129)
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there are all types of houses in different states of India.\n\nthat's because the type of house depends on the financial condition of the owner/dweller.\n\ntherefore, poor people still live in huts/temporary dwellings, while the ones who can afford; live in cemented houses.\n\napart from that, you'll find the concept of flats/apartments in the major Metropolitan cities of India.
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No, not really.  What is politics?  It is how people organize themselves and put order into how they interact with each other.  The type of "national" politics you are thinking of is just that organization carried out in such a way as to bring order a large number of people.  You can't escape people wanting rules to govern how they interact with each other.\n\nPolitical parties are groupings of people who think the same way about the rules governing interaction and who want to take steps to change those rules.  Such groupings are not only inevitable but a good thing.
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the ones that live there
244019
Sadly, yes it's true. The farther South or West you go, from anywhere around the D.C. to NYC area, people lighten up quite a bit. \n\nAfter I moved from Colorado, and noticed the major change of attitudes, and I formed a wacky theory.... The MORE people you cram into a SMALL state, the less elbow room and "personal space" each person has. Thus, the more aggressive said individuals must become to be heard, noticed, and generally make their way through day to day life. As such, the "rude" behavior is almost required (not right, but unless you want to be stepped on, required.)
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Have a look at the websites. I personally think they do, as it creates jobs and force people in to a specific area (and they spend money).\n\nDifficult one that is, good luck!!
237456
Maybe try the Chicago Housing Authority for guidelines:\nhttp://www.thecha.org/applyforhousing/overview.html
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You really didn't provide enough information for me to know if you are racist or not. As far as I can tell, you are.  You say you don't want to live next door to people who exhibit the behavior you described, and you have observed this behavior to a great extent coming from members of particular races. So to say you wouldn't be inclined to move into a predominately Mexican or Black neighborhood would make sense, but you said you wouldn't want to live next door to one. If you weren't racist, I think you would have said that although you have seen many Black and Mexican households that make a lot of noise, park in the yard, etc., you wouldn't mind living next to members of those races who do not have those characteristics. So yes, I believe you may very well be racist, but I reserve judgment since I don't know you personally.
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Think about something here before you judge others by their "income" and assume they should be scrutinized to unfair housing because "some" of the "unhealthier" ones in the bunch choose to follow another route.  There was time when communities fought the drugs in their neighborhoods, I know as I lived in those communities and I share the belief today as I did then that it takes a community and not the ignorance of others to correct a problem.\n\nWhy should the elderly couple down the hall have to be judged by their neighbors because they have a low income and where they live is all they could afford?  Should they be treated as "beneath" because this is where there income has led them?  I disagree strongly and believe it is one thing to self govern your own home but you don't have the right to infringe your "digressions" against those of lower incomes and place them into little stereotypical genres such as "the mentally ill low income"...\n\nThere are circumstances that have placed those in lower incomes into those housing units and many of them have morals and values as rich as the wealthy...
416729
It seems as so, mostly in rural towns or towns with America's elite. Though most towns, say college cities lean toward the liberal end. Most major cities in the south also lean towards the left.
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The upper house tends to offer a voice to the more marginalised minority groups in a society who don't tend to fair so well in the elections to the majoritarian lower house. The groups represented vary from state to state, such as trade union representatives and members of the aristocracy or academia. Another chamber also offers further scrutiny to the activities of the legislature, always important in a healthy democracy.
1031439
yes in legal terms. if you lived here for over 10 yrs you should consider applying for citizenship so you can vote.
1132790
it depends on the social values/level of the local community
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Homeowners Associations are voting on by the residents. You must take this up with the Association, helps if you have several neighbors who feel as you do.
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yeah, if a HUD home counts.  Otherwise, in order to pay the mortgage or rent they have a dozen or so relatives living in one house.