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Inner City In Philadelphia Summary

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Now throughout the duration of reading Anderson’s story of the inner-city in Philadelphia, one can learn and think a lot through the journey. Reading this book made me feel like I was actually visiting the city or walking through each street that was being explained about. Each different aspect of life, such as, school, family, crime or even relationships made me contrast the different lifestyles they had compared to the lifestyle that I associate with. Even the explanation of the code’s regulation through the way of talking, dress style, behavior or simple etiquette of eye contact specified enough detail, that it was easy enough to easily picture or imagine. It was thought-provoking to read about how Anderson was able to uncover the confrontations

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