I think the class project should be about the cost of living in NYC. Depending on how in-depth we want to be, there is a lot to research about the subject. There are many factors, such as housing, food, and the economy. The price of housing may be dependent on the neighborhood, which relates to our neighborhood visits. The increase in immigrants to NYC could have increased the demand for housing, raising its prices. It would also be nice to explore if there is any correlation between the emigration-immigration ratio and the cost of living or economy. The cost of living may be defined multiple ways, which we can pick apart and elaborate on. And with the recent price increase in public transportation, I thought the cost of living would be a good idea to bring up.
We can find and compare various statistics and make correlations and conjectures. In what ways has immigration affected the cost of living? We can also figure out how immigrants have coped with the cost of living throughout the decades. How much impact did recent technological advances have on the city’s people and the cost of living? There are many questions we can think of and try to answer.
There are many things students can research and relate to the subject. We can pick a few things and talk about them with respect to the cost of living, or we can research whatever we want and combine all our information in one big pile and organize it. We can interview people about their opinions on the cost of living in the past and the present. We could talk about businesses that immigrants have created or the food in the city. It would be easy to bring up charts and graphs but harder to organize them in an appealing format.
This topic relates to everyone living in the city, including immigrants. The research we do may even be useful for ourselves in the future when we want to consider investing in real estate or manage a budget. What makes the city worth living in? Everyone has to keep in mind the cost of living. Different people will find different ways to cope with it.
The peopling of New York includes people that don’t live in the city. There are people that choose to live in New Jersey but work in New York to avoid paying New York City tax. A tourist’s point of view of the city is most likely different from a person living in the city. International students would also bring another perspective to the city. There could be immigrants that find the city to be too expensive and move away.
We can make a list of tips to be frugal in the city. We can talk about how easy it is to waste money in the city. There are so many things to talk about while still having a focus on the peopling of new york. I think people wouldn’t mind researching about this.
