Why is their a lot of inequalities of global cities?

 

Often, people are attracted to urban spaces because they offer opportunities. "The fundamental advantages of urban density are only magnified in a more globalized, more complex world because we are a social species at our core, we get smart by being around other smart people, and cities connect us with other people." Cities represent the best opportunities for economic participation, education and social services required for upward mobility, as gateways for immigrants and opportunity seekers. The rich and poor of the city have a great deal to benefit from their relationship, but "cities should not apologize for their poverty because cities do not make poor people." With the prospect of economic prosperity, cities attract poor individuals. Nevertheless, the following might be some of the reasons as to why there is a lot of inequalities of global cities;

1. In many global cities, the technological and financial service sectors in which growth has been concentrated have significant educational barriers to entry. Poor public education quality and the high cost of credentialing for higher education reinforce inequality rather than correct it.
2. Inexorable inequality is negative in global cities, depending on whether it is short-lived for individuals and part of a general upward social mobility trend. Cities do not make people poor, but they may be kept in this way by poor policy and neglect.
3. Sadly, education no longer acts as a reliable social mobility tool. Bad public education quality and the high cost of credentialing for higher education perpetuate inequality rather than correct it. In general, cities do not invest in (especially early) educational services for students with low incomes or find ways to build stable schools with mixed incomes.
4. The segregation of disadvantaged neighborhoods along demographic and income lines makes it more difficult for the urban poor to establish wealth that might improve the quality of life within their communities in their homes or businesses.

There are indeed pernicious forms of inequality in global cities but that they can be overcome by the right sorts of investment and policy. However, the remedies to these problems vary city to city, depending on a city's distinctive admixture of historical, social, economic, and political features.