The Flows of Prosperity; Wealth and Poverty  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8791 (Jun. 2012), page S8-S10.
Topik: Cities; Geographic Profiles; History; Demographics; Trends; Aliens; Migration; Suburban Areas; Population

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Two great flows of prosperity have shaped London: from the centre to the outskirts and from east to west. The East End, on the east side of the City, has been the victim of both. But those flows may be reversing. Inner London is now prospering at the expense of outer London, and even before the Olympics were thought of there were signs of prosperity creeping eastwards. The docks brought work to the East End, but mostly of a casual, low-paid sort; they brought industry, but often of an unsalubrious sort. The prevailing winds are westerly, which drove the better-off westwards. As the better class of person moved west, so did the better class of industry. Between the two world wars American manufacturing companies set up in London, many along the Great West Road. The closure of the docks, from the 1960s onwards, exacerbated poverty in the East End. So did London's other great economic flow, from the centre to the suburbs. The English dream of gardens. The suburbs made it possible for the middle classes to fulfil those longings while working in town; and the railways made the suburbs possible. East London's population is also growing faster than that of the rest of the city, because it has lots of of recent immigrants, and they tend to have larger families. The area's economy should benefit from that too--if the infrastructure can cope. Most of the places that had become better off were in central and west London. The East End is still, by a long stretch, the most deprived bit of the city. But even that may be beginning to change.

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