Joe Smith lives in an older city in the Midwest. He noted that as migrants from rural areas came to the city they settled where housing was cheap and close to where they worked. Meanwhile, older residents who could afford better housing moved farther from the center. Smith's observations seem to confirm the explanation of urban expansion known as the:

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The concentric-zone model explains urban expansion as a series of concentric circles with the central business district at the center, surrounded by zones of transition, working-class homes, and more affluent suburbs. This matches Smith's observations of migrants settling near work and wealthier residents moving outward.

Joe Smith Lives in an Older City in the Midwest