Tuesday, October 25, 2011

A 53% Surge in Poverty Rate Is Reshaping Suburbs - NYTimes.com

poverty levels have doubled, with 10 million more expected foreclosures
what do you think will happen in next 5 years?
A 53% Surge in Poverty Rate Is Reshaping Suburbs - NYTimes.com - intro

“The whole political class is just getting the memo that Ozzie and Harriet don’t live here anymore,” said Edward Hill, dean of the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University.
This shift has helped redefine the image of the suburbs. “The suburbs were always a place of opportunity — a better school, a bigger house, a better job,” said Scott Allard, an associate professor at the University of Chicago who focuses on social welfare policy and poverty. “Today, that’s not as true as the popular mythology would have us believe.”
Since 2000, the poverty roll has increased by five million in the suburbs, with large rises in metropolitan areas as different as Colorado Springs and Greensboro, N.CA 53% Surge in Poverty Rate Is Reshaping Suburbs - NYTimes.com



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