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In recent years, technological, social and economic changes in the world have been reshaping both value systems and peoples lives. While modern cities formed by industrialization are centers of attraction, the masses that migrate to change the social structure of a city constitute the most affected social groups. The aim of this study is to analyze the views of young people living in two different regions of Istanbul; in terms of education, income, life, relationships with parents, perceptions of youth, life expectations and the current situation of young people through Bourdieu's concepts. As a result of evaluating the findings of the questionnaires applied to young people in both regions, it is observed that the region with a high economic and cultural capital creates a relatively different space and in essence corresponds to a certain lifestyle through habitus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]