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Stockton's Poem

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Final Statement When I came to UOP, I did not know that Stockton is a bankrupt city. Then, I was surprised that how this city is different with other cities. Therefore, I decided to take downtown Stockton view and show how the difference between upper class and poverty. I think the theme is poverty is pretty perfect for Stockton’s view. And I think that poverty may bring social issues because people need necessary to survive, but also maybe these pictures can let us understand that how the city fall and down and had been through. Nevertheless, I created all my pictures to follow the different neighborhoods around Stockton and how people live their lives. And I use high density for some pictures, I want to show that how colorfully is in

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