A neighborhood with a mixture of older and newer buildings tends to have more mom and pop type stores, required for diversity and watchful neighborhood eyes. New buildings have high costs of construction to cover and therefore have to charge higher rents than older building. One of the reasons for the need for buildings of different ages has to do with rents. Jacobs also analyzes the economic interrelationships that exist in successful neighborhoods. Because of these different establishments, people are in the area at different times of the day. These establishments are the reason that people come to the area, whether the establishments are bars, restaurants, or art galleries. The variety of small commercial establishments creates uses for people. The differences in ages and shapes of buildings in a neighborhood mean something in terms of not only visual presentation but also of functionality and cost of rent. Jacobs looks at what factors have a positive contribution to each of these areas and what detracts from each. These neighborhoods have streets, sidewalks and parks that are safe, that provide for contact between people, and that provide the opportunity for children to be watched and taught. She deduces the factors that result in vital neighborhoods. Jacobs provides a good analysis of what contributes to the success of neighborhoods by looking at city streets and sidewalks, parks and neighborhoods. Jacobs blames not only the city planners but places the burden of the blame on the theorists and educators. It has not accomplished anything in eliminating slums or halting the decay of city neighborhoods.
The strategy of rebuilding has not been successful. The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs is concerned with the problems of city planning and the strategy that planners followed throughout most of the twentieth century.
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