Hull House neighborhood

After looking at the maps of the living quarters for the different nationalities, it was clear that people of one nationality lived within close proximity of people of another. In one of the articles talking about these representations of nationalities within the Hull house area, it talks about how this proximity existed but that there were still larger groups of one nationality within the diverse arrangement, and that whenever a Russian or Polish Jew moved into a building occupied by some other nationality, that that other group of people would move somewhere else if they could, obviously an indication of prejudice. Also,it was noted that there were not very many African Americans living on the west side, two to be exact, while the majority were situated elsewhere.

As for meeting places, these were pretty hard to find. The alleys and roads were the main places that people would meet. These were also the places that children would play, which proved to be dangerous because of all the waste and lack of sanity that existed there. In the Hull house compound itself, there does seem to have been gathering places outside after the expansions were built later on, and inside in places like the coffee houses.

What can be said, is that Hull house was an attempt at diffusing the cultural prejudices that existed by creating a common ground facility where anyone could participate in activities and learning that would help make life easier in America.