My ethnography was conducted whilst travelling from the inner city or Birmingham to the outer city, observing how changes within the city commence. In doing this I personally viewed the continual changes going on throughout Birmingham and experienced how they have effected live today. Starting in the inner city or the city centre, it was notable that the majority of the city was under major development. Every road had construction, busy with workmen. Going further out from the #city 's centre, the less development occurs. During this essay, I will be incorporating critical thinkers and their views, then be comparing them to what was observed.
Starting the journey in the centre of Birmingham, it was note worthy that there were many different
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Another explanation for the rapid expansion within Birmingham 's city centre and not the surrounding area could be due to labour costs and transport links. Before coal, the only forms of power were water, human or animal labour. Water was a major factor in Rural society, as it was the cheapest and fastest form of labour available, but with minimal spacing at rivers and was hard to obtain. When Watt invented the steam engine in 1775, not many invested in the steam engine due to scepticism until it was shown as the cheapest form of labour. This was pivotal to the development of Birmingham as after being invented in Birmingham it intern started the industrial revolution. Even though water power was more effective, businesses transferred over to coal and the steam engine slowly as having a steam engine allowed them to move their businesses away from the river and into the city for a vast amount of cheap workers. It allowed business ' to "be placed in the centre of a population trained in industrious habits" McCullock 1833. This way more people migrated to the cities and worked there because it cost less to pay workers due to their being so many of them there. The idea of the steam engine explains why business ' set up in the city centre and also explains why buildings like the ex hotels I saw when conducting my ethnography, were being knocked down. In order to make space for further business, and help capitalism strive. Why would you build in a rural area when all business assets are available in populated areas