We consider two typed of cities. In the European one the amenities are located at the city-center ( like e.g. Paris or London) whereas in the American-type city the amenites are at the city-edge (like e.g. Detroit, Los Angeles). We first show that the unemploymed reside at the vicinity of the...

This paper presents an amenity-based theory of location by income. The theory shows that the relative location of different income groups depends on the spatial pattern of amenities in a city. When the center has a strong amenity advantage over the suburbs, the rich are likely to live at central...