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The article examines the effect of changes brought by migration of some 700 families from Crown Street to Kirkby in England. The majority of households interviewed did not appear to have considered Kirkby originally as a positive attraction in itself. It was rather an unknown refuge in the flight from physical and social squalor. But once there, many families learned to enjoy its modern household amenities, their own front door, and comparative privacy, access to the countryside, new schools and the prospect of better physical health. Kirkby households were asked whether they visited, or were visited by anyone in Kirkby, other than a relative, starting from next-door neighbours. Visiting less frequently than once a week was ignored, as less likely to imply a continuing relationship. 54 percent of households had such contact with some other Kirkby household. Only 7 percent of the households said they went out with members of other households. 84 percent of the sample of Kirkby householders said they got on all right with their neighbours. Only 29 percent stated that their neighbours were less friendly than those in Crown Street, as many found them friendlier. |
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