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Should we create more socially mixed residential areas, where rich people live next to poorer people, instead of in separate communities?

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All over the
world
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 there was always a
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 – huge difference between wealthier and poorer
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.
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 will be
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 all the time, but I think we can do something with it. We should create more socially mixed residential
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, where wealthier
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 live alongside poorer
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 of in separate communities. Recently, in
Europe
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 there is a
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 – immigrants. They are arriving in Europe night and day and there is no way to stop them. Often authorities create special districts for them and
they
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life
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 in something like a ghetto. Due to
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 and many other problems, some of them go crazy and that’s why we can hear about terrorist and attacks on the European lifestyle. If we create more socially mixed residential
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,
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 maybe won’t disappear, but it will decrease. Outside Europe, in big
cities
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 there are often the poorer
people
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’s districts – slums and favelas (in Brazil). The difference between
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 living in these districts and
richer
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 part of society is huge. Of course, there are
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poorer
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 than richer but I think, that we can create socially mixed residential
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 and try to mix richer and poorer families. When we are talking about poor
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 we can exclude poor children. If we create socially mixed residential
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, they could make new friends from
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 richer side. They would see their friends’ lifestyle and aim at it in the future. These poor children would be able to learn in normal schools, become educated and reach their target. Summing up, I hope that we can decrease
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 of problems related to poor
people
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 and immigrants. We should create more socially mixed residential
areas
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, where wealthier
people
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 live alongside poorer
people
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,
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 of in separate communities.
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