How Communities Change

What makes a community grow?

• People leave the area

• People travel the world

• People build houses

• People buy more cars

Why might a person move away from a community?

• The person changes jobs.

• The person likes their house.

• The person leads the community.

• The person helps the community.

What is one way people can help make their community better?

• change their jobs

• close down stores

• fix old buildings

• move far away

Many people moved to Pittsburgh to work at a ...

• cake shop

• library

• dog park

• steel mill

After people moved to Pittsburgh, they needed to build...

• homes, stores, and schools

• lakes, oceans, and rivers

• land, plains, and prairies

• planes, ships, and trains

What happened to the empty buildings when people moved away from Pittsburgh?

• No one took care of them

• The city took them apart.

• The mayor took care of them.

• They were made into schools.

To get people to move back to Pittsburgh, some people worked to make the city ____________.

• beautiful

• dirty

• empty

• organized