Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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

A 53% Surge in Poverty Rate Is Reshaping Suburbs - NYTimes.com
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — The poor population in America’s suburbs — long a symbol of a stable and prosperous American middle class — rose by more than half after 2000, forcing suburban communities across the country to re-evaluate their identities and how they serve their populations.
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Remember the same stories from the 2001-02 recession? And the 1991-92 recession? Periodically the New York Times discovers that there are poor people in suburbia.

2 comments:

Fred Pilot said...

Two decades ago, Jack Lessinger predicted this would occur in the suburbs starting with the innermost burbs in his book.

Fred Pilot said...

Two decades ago, Jack Lessinger predicted this would occur in the suburbs starting with the innermost burbs in his bookPenturbia: Where Real Estate Will Boom AFTER the Crash of Suburbia.