In Liebling’s City Block, the description of Manhattan’s poulous blocks–particularly 7th Avenue and Lenox Avenues and 142nd and 143rd streets, Knickerbocker Village on the lower East Side, and the London Terrace in the Chelsea area–provides the reader with a strong sense of the city’s entire make up. Liebling’s mention of the average area and their ethnicities, buildings average height.

The pargrapgh that goees into high rents and residents inability to afford the “whole rent,” is quite interesting, becuase as a result of high rents, tenants are forced to take in quite a number of people as “lodgers” in order to cover their entire rents. Personally, I see that as a way that they may have tok advantage of to increase a strong sense of community.

I enjoyed the fact that Liebling went into how it was generally for renters to live among others on the same block and in the same building. The paragraph demonstrated tenants frustrations with their landlords and the overall dynamics of their relationships.

The paragraph on page 151 that touches on the cooperatively owned housing by individuals of a higher economic status is indicative of the contrast between the descriptions of the previously mentioned homes.

Overall, Liebling provides a reasonable glimpse of how residents earn a living and their lifestlye.