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This picture is significant to me because Its the cross walk of 181st. and I’ve grown up here my entire life. This picture influenced me because it displays a large variety of races, classes and ethnic backgrounds. Throughout the many years of being a Washington Heights resident I’ve seen the social identity change various times which has influenced me to create a research project. I selected this due to the fact that my neighborhoods social identity has changed over the time of my family living here. I’ve always perceived Washington Heights to be marked as a “bad” or an inconvenient place to live in, especially to wealthier classes. All I’ve seen is the movement of wealthier classes move in which has concerned me because then that means all my friends will have to move out due to wealthier classes being able to pay a higher amount of rent.