Walking Journal # 3

I have noticed that there are only a few differences with demographics where I live, but in all, there is not much difference. Off- campus, every student is just trying to find a cheap place to live in as close to campus as possible; however, there are some who want it to be cheap, but also very nice. This can affect the demographics of certain apartments because usually it is the girls who want cheap apartments, but they want it to be nice as well. Consequently, an obvious demographic is that a majority of girls go for the nicer looking and workable appliances kind-of-apartments, whereas the boys just want it to have a bed in it, microwave, and for it to be cheap. I’m honestly not trying to sound biased, but for a majority of boys and girls, it’s true.

            As for the race aspect in my neighborhood, I can truthfully say that there is not one race that I have not seen (all of those that I account for are the ones that I have already seen in my lifetime) walking, biking, driving, living, or hanging out in my neighborhood. I believe that a student is a student and needs a place to live just like the rest of us. And, my neighborhood consists mostly of students who are “low-class” because they do not have the money yet, but will get it once they graduate (or at least we all hope so). Consequently, every race or nationality is poor as a student usually is, unless their mom and dad are helping them out, but I still haven’t found a college student who isn’t worried about money here or there. We all are! So, girls, boys, Hispanics, Caucasians, African Americans, Middle Eastern, Asians, and so on live in my cheap neighborhood!