American English Take-Home Exam
expensive and being visited by the rich and famous. Aspen is a renowned Colorado ski town
surrounded by many impressive local mountains.
The term Aspenization derives from Aspen and means: “to turn an area, especially but not
necessarily a municipality, into an expensive tourist attraction.” Aspenization is accompanied by
rising real estate prices, more restaurants, and sometimes by higher taxes, making the area
unaffordable or unlivable for workers or native residents.
Basin Street (New Orleans) – Basin Street (Rue Bassin in French) is a street in New Orleans,
Louisiana. It was, at one time, one of the finest residential streets in New Orleans, but became a
notorious red light district around 1870. Basin Street is made famous by the song “Basin Street
Blues”, written by Spencer Williams and often performed by Dixieland jazz bands. The song
became popular when it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1928