Word: werthman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some urbanologists think that a second big wave of migration to the farther suburbs is beginning already, made up of the offspring of the first wave, which began just after World War II. In one view, says Berkeley Sociologist Carl Werthman, the city is becoming "a place for all the oddballs and deviants of our society: the lower class, the ethnic minorities, the homosexuals, the artists." As a result, "the young married seldom even look at a place in the city," says Rakove. "The older suburbs are just like the city for them. They are settling way out, where...