... class normally have been born into a family that is supported by a worker in the manufacturing or agricultural industries. Many of these families rent their homes because they bring in a low amount of income per year. In a typical working class family, neither parent has a college education. On the ... 67 percent of people owing their own home, 26 percent were owned by public authorities, and only 7 percent were being rented. When financing homes in the UK, the process is done much like financing a home in the United States. They may choose to go through a bank, ... building society, in...

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... was when what's known as 'Northern Ireland' was created, dominated by Protestants. However, Catholics had wanted a united and Independent Ireland, so resentment grew. "After partition, it was hardline Unionists who held power in the North, they were determined to keep Ulster British and Protestant. They tended to see all Northern Catholics as possible traitors. As a result Catholics were discriminated against" (1) In ... more likely. In cities like Londonderry and Belfast, "many people who lived in the 'wrong' area - that is Catholics in Protestant areas and vice versa - were forced to ...

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