By comparing two UK streets in different locations, it is possible to assess differences and inequalities in the social, economic and cultural spheres. This essay will focus on the differences and inequalities that exist between Renshaw St, Liverpool and City Rd, Wales, examining road traffic, homelessness and economic activity at street level. Renshaw Street is perpendicular to the side of Liverpool City Center and Liverpool Lime Street. it's one street away as is the Adelphi Hotel. The street is full of pubs, bars, taxi ranks, clothing shops, music shops, restaurants and even takeaways. While City Road contains some takeaways, a restaurant, a municipal pub and some nightclubs. Liverpool's older generation relax in quiet pubs, in particular there is an Irish pub where the majority of the clientele are Irish. However, during the day the student population frequents the bars/libraries of this street, as well as the university library located in the area, and at night frequents the discos aimed at younger people. However within City Road, the older population frequents a municipal club. Within City Road there is a significant immigrant population - the population is large enough to house the largest sari shop in North Wales there. The shop is a family-run business, where women in the family run the business, which is a break from traditional Asian family values. There does not appear to be a large immigrant population within Renshaw Street, the largest immigrant minority being Irish; one of the Irish people owns a pub where the Irish community gathers. In Renshaw Street there are a large number of takeaways, pubs, bars, taxi ranks etc. In the past these were old shops, however due to consumer demand, ...... middle of paper ...... locals now call it death crossroads due to the fact that numerous accidents. In conclusion, there are several key similarities between the two paths, such as as people's connected lives lead, which pushes our consumption-driven society to new heights every year, and therefore our service sectors will continue to grow and attract different people, who may feel they have a choice about which stores to go to; in reality they don't as people are manipulated through brand management. However, due to the social nature of each city, the services offered will be slightly different, as companies attempt to generate fixed profits and generally rely on people driving through an area who would normally be there, rather than people driving a large amount of miles. visit a shop; an example of this is the specific services for immigrants within each street.