Go to www.bestplaces.net and click on “Now with 3000 profiles!”
Choose the following two cities:
- Miami, Florida
- Seattle, Washington
Answer the following questions
- What percentage of Miami’s population is Hispanic (speaks Spanish)?
- Which city has more coffee shops?
- Which city more professional people and executives?
- Which city has more blue-collar (manual or low-skilled) workers?
- Which city has more single people?
- Which city has more murders?
- Which city has more rapes?
- Which city has more robberies?
- Which city has more cars stolen?
- Which city has more rain?
- Which city has more rainy days?
- Which city has more sunny days?
- What is the median (average) cost of a house in Miami?
- What is the median (average) cost of a house in Seattle?
- In which city do more people rent their house?
- Which city has more PhD graduates?
- Which city has better achievement in schools? (more students continuing to college)
- What natural hazards are found in Seattle?
- What percentage of people work at home in Seattle?
- Where does it take longer to commute to work?
Now read these short articles, or other similar ones
- Miami: http://www.managemore.com/city.htm
- Seattle: http://www.seattletimescompany.com/working/seattle.htm
Finally, write 250 words comparing Miami and Seattle. Have about five paragraphs.
