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             Baal's experience. Though he was a native of Memphis, Baal had spent many
             years away from it traveling the country as a hippy or gypsy might while
             "on tour" with Erik. Having done labor as a migrant worker and only
             recently returning, he had about him the rootlessness of a transplanted
             individual. One assumes from the description that he does not have a very
             large group of associates or a strong sense of the social order, and is
             Another important source of social upheaval and disorder is the idea
             of the evolution of the concentric city. Businesses, desiring to be near
             workers and consumers, located themselves in the center of the city, which
             attracted migrants. However, it also made life in the center city more
             uncomfortable. Those who had the funds to do so left the inner city for the
             suburbs. In their wake, the city was left with shattered neighborhoods and
             significantly reduced tax bases. Only the poor remained in this
             "transitional" zone between new neighborhoods and new business, and public
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