Summary Of Chapter 7 and 8

In chapters 7 and 8 Jacobs gives the reader her view point about the importance of diversity in communities. She explains that the larger a city is the more diverse it becomes. In order to have maintenance in a city it must consist of small and big businesses of all types to keep balance.
There are places that have primary and secondary uses. These are 2 fundamentals that are crucial to the city and it gives us an idea about how well the city is doing economically. Places that have primary uses are those that lure people to the place on their own for example people’s homes. Secondary places are the one’s that cater to you for that to happen you need to be attracted by primary places like a pharmacy or convenient store where you’re being served. Jacob mentions that there must be a combination of both primary and secondary diversity to motivate people to go to different places at all hours so it never becomes deserted during one part of the day. A busy city which is composed of numerous businesses tends to do better economically rather than quiet vicinities were there isn’t much diversity.