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The 15 US Cities Where Poor Neighborhoods Are Expanding The Fastest
Business Insider ^ | 08/04/2014 | ALLAN SMITH AND ERIN FUCHS

Posted on 08/04/2014 7:14:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Poverty is stuck at record levels in America, and it's spreading in neighborhoods that are already blighted and impoverished, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.

So-called concentrated poverty spurs high crime rates and can worsen health, schools, and housing conditions, according to Brookings. While poverty was once viewed as an urban problem, more and more of America's poor live in the suburbs.

The Brookings report analyzes the poverty levels in metro areas and their distressed neighborhoods, examining the change between 2000 and the period of 2008-2012, which includes an average from a five-year Census estimate and shows the effect of the recession.

Brookings looked at the change in poverty levels in neighborhoods described as distressed, where at least 40% of the population lives under the poverty line, and high-poverty, where at least 20% of the population is impoverished.

To get an idea of which U.S. cities have the fastest-growing rates of concentrated poverty, we ranked metro areas based on the change in poor population in tracts with poverty rates 20% or higher. We also included the change in poor population for the entire metro area. (Metro areas include both cities and their suburban outskirts.)

For the year 2013, the Census set the poverty level at $12,119 for a single person under the age of 65 and $24,028 for a family of four.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: poverty
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1 posted on 08/04/2014 7:14:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 08/04/2014 7:22:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This makes me wonder about the tax structures in the expanding neighborhoods, versus those in the high poverty declining neighborhoods in other cities.

As one example, Memphis has high poverty but not a lot of population growth, especially in the high poverty tracts. I haven’t researched this, but my hunch tells me that much of Memphis’ poverty is being exported across the border to North Mississippi, where vehicles are registered based upon their value and there is a state income tax with commensurately lower sales taxes (all in contrast to the tax situation in Memphis).


3 posted on 08/04/2014 7:23:17 PM PDT by bluetick
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To: SeekAndFind
Read the article, it is not about cities that are already in poverty, but those coming into poverty. Los Angeles is estimated to have a 25% poverty rate. Thanks to “special order 40” and a city council all too willing to tax the residents to care for the illegal community, Los Angeles is the prime example of what can go wrong when Democrats in power have no clue about governance. Los Angeles will be the “New Detroit” in due course.
4 posted on 08/04/2014 7:24:47 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: SeekAndFind

I know, lets import the entire third world here.

That’ll fix it.


5 posted on 08/04/2014 7:25:13 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: SeekAndFind

Which party controls these 15 cities? I’d guess but I think I already know the answer.


6 posted on 08/04/2014 7:25:47 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good grief!

Too bad I can’t “un-see” that!


7 posted on 08/04/2014 7:27:51 PM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: SeekAndFind

Under obama? This is impossible. Havent you heard? We’re in a recovery! /s


8 posted on 08/04/2014 7:28:35 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: SeekAndFind

....” more and more of America’s poor live in the suburbs”....

That’s because they ship them out from the cities with the idea their lives will be better...but they don’t adapt to us...they take down the neighborhoods.


9 posted on 08/04/2014 7:31:37 PM PDT by caww
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“...Denver has experienced a surge of poverty in its suburbs in recent years.”

4 years ago I visited the block I left 10 years ago.

It was very depressing, as I’d bought it new in 1985, and it was in very desirable neighborhood.


10 posted on 08/04/2014 7:36:15 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: SeekAndFind; All

The list:

15. Salt Lake City, UT
14. Atlanta, GA
13. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
12. Orlando, FL
11. Cape Coral, FL
10. Greenville, SC
9. Winston-Salem, NC
8. Scranton, PA
7. Grand Rapids, MI
6. Greensboro-High Point, NC
5. Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA
4. Charlotte, NC
3. Raleigh, NC
2. Colorado Springs, CO
1. Boise, ID


11 posted on 08/04/2014 7:42:55 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: Fungi

Statements such as “A local news report attributed the high poverty in Forsyth to a large wealth gap in the county” really make me wonder about the validity of these kinds of reports.


12 posted on 08/04/2014 7:49:59 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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Do not trust ANYTHING Brookings Institute publishes.

Big-time LIEberal flackhouse!


13 posted on 08/04/2014 7:55:40 PM PDT by Taxman (I am mad as Hell and I am not going to take it any more!)
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To: workerbee

Very surprised to see Greenville on that list.

I thought there were many manufacturing jobs moving into the area creating quite a few jobs.


14 posted on 08/04/2014 7:56:02 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: SeekAndFind; cripplecreek
And Detroit, by contrast, is having great growth of the positive kind.

Kinda laughing about Portland, Oregon.

Downtown Detroit Goes From “Vacant” To Vibrant

15 posted on 08/04/2014 7:59:51 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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To: SeekAndFind
The poverty rate in Cape Coral proper is not particularly high. However, poverty in that city's suburbs jumped from 11.3% to 18.6%

An odd comment. CC is essentially all one suburb.

16 posted on 08/04/2014 8:22:25 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Even after U.S. the recession officially ended in 2009, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that the housing crisis was worsening in places in the Midwest like Boise, Idaho.

Uhhh.

17 posted on 08/04/2014 8:25:19 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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To: SeekAndFind; george76

Colorado’s Dem leadership has certainly done a great job! We have two cities in the top 15!


18 posted on 08/04/2014 8:26:37 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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11. Cape Coral, Florida

marsmettnn tallahassee | Flickr

A mobile home in Cape Coral

Not exactly on solid ground.


19 posted on 08/04/2014 8:36:06 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Sherman Logan

LOL. They must have used Google Maps.


20 posted on 08/04/2014 8:36:26 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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