Lifestyle Centers

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Lifestyle centers
Lifestyle centers are the new way of commercialized hubs that people can get whatever products or services they desire. Cities across the globe have diverse population and cultures due to rural-urban migration, the search for greener pastures and immigration. To this end, cities have to develop systems that accommodate diversity and maintain the cultural heritage of the region too. This paper presents my understanding of lifestyle centers in line with Grazian’s understanding of cities and my visit to Ponte Orlando complex located in Florida (183-204).
The Pointe Orlando is a place where diversity thrives. The location gives one a home experience even if one is visiting the Center. You can find a series of restaurants that offer an assortment of cuisines from the world over including Italian, Cuban, Pizza in, seafood, Japanese, Chinese among others. Also, you a series of specialty shops that allows you to purchase anything you need. The center also has accommodation for visitors or Florida residents with state-of-the-art boarding equipment and facilities. At sunset, one can relax with soothing music, live entertainment, comedy club, discotheque, kids’ theatre and kids playing zones, and a sports facility depending on a person’s preference. The lifestyle hub offers different services and products at a cost making it commercial.
Grazian does not explore Lifestyle centers but expounds on the nature of cities as a commercial, economic region with a diverse population (183-204).

We can link major similarities of Grazian arguments of the creativity and support to art in cities to the Pointe Orlando. The center presents diverse creative outlets that can accommodate regional diversity and global figures. One does not need an American national to get local products and cuisine. Also, one is treated to live bands of diverse music genres. The creativity in this hub is out of the world.
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Grazian, David. “Uptown Funk: Popular Culture and Urban Life in the City.” Grazian, David. Mix It Up: Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017. 183-204. Print.