Buffalo officially second poorest city in country (Rochester, Syracuse: credit, real estate)

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Dr Funky

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Buffalo 2nd Poorest City in the United States

(Buffalo, NY, August 31, 2007) - - It's a grim ranking for the queen city.

The U.S. Census Bureau says Buffalo is the second poorest big city in the country, just behind Detroit.

Buffalo's poverty rate is nearly 30 percent. Experts believe several welfare reform initiatives and a lack of universal health care are some of the reasons buffalo is so poor.

Another problem is the amount of people not graduating from high school.

Who the hell are these stupid "experts?" Or did the twiddlestick who wrote this article simply insert his own opinion and attribute it to nameless, faceless "experts?" What city in America does have universal health care? What other city hasn't had to deal with welfare reform? One of the reasons there are so many poor in America's cities is because there are more welfare services in the cities to attract and retain the poor.

[TXChristian]

One of the reasons there are so many poor in America's cities is because there are more welfare services in the cities to attract and retain the poor.

The poor can afford to live in Buffalo.

[aka_mouse]

It doesnt even really matter the ranks. All the upstate cities are exactly the same as Buffalo they just didn't meet the population requirement. Erie, PA is similar. Cleveland was #4 and they were supposed to be improving.

For that matter the whole NE is pretty much the same. Chicago is really the only city that had some kinda resurgence, and I've heard that was more of a fluke than anything. Not too long ago it was Hartford, CT that was the poorest city in the nation.

Its basically a ton of cities all over the NE all within a few percentage points of each other and they all fluctuate year to year.

[Drover]

Chicago's resurgence was not a fluke. Our economy was (and still is) far more diversified than other cities throughout the Midwest whose economies relied heavily on manufacturing.

[Upstate Dave]

Originally Posted by Drover

Chicago's resurgence was not a fluke. Our economy was (and still is) far more diversified than other cities throughout the Midwest whose economies relied heavily on manufacturing.

Agreed, not a fluke. The size of Chicago makes it easier to be more diversified.

And Chicago is not in the northeast.

[Upstate Dave]

Originally Posted by TXChristian

The poor can afford to live in Buffalo.

The poor can afford to live throughout the U.S.
Yet the debate is quality of life and opportunities. (Keep in mind that for some equal opportunity should really be equal outcome)..... and how to force an economic outcome we desire instead of adapting.

[Drover]

No but it is part of the Rust Belt. We got hit pretty hard too when manufacturing went into secular decline and there are still many parts of the city and some suburbs that are suffering because of it. Gary is an obvious example. But the city as a whole was able to stay afloat because manufacturing and heavy industry was only one component of our economy.

[XNYgirl]

Originally Posted by TXChristian

One of the reasons there are so many poor in America's cities is because there are more welfare services in the cities to attract and retain the poor.

The poor can afford to live in Buffalo.

I love it the poor can afford to live in Buffalo because the state and local agencies pick up the tab. This made me Laugh very hard. Keep it coming.
I'm standing by hillary clintonomics - she's the fool who spearheaded the universal health care for all. I beleive universal health care is called medicaid.

[XNYgirl]

Originally Posted by Dr Funky

then we need to do something to get the jobs back.


I say we burn down all the plants in the south...

Yeah that's a real intelligent answers. Don't worry Mattel/Fisher Price in East Aroura will be killing off our kids with their tained lead paint DOra's and Bob the builders. Another notch for the buffalo area employer. Next will the massive layoffs in East Aroura because of these recalled toys.

[aka_mouse]

Originally Posted by TXChristian

One of the reasons there are so many poor in America's cities is because there are more welfare services in the cities to attract and retain the poor.

The poor can afford to live in Buffalo.

This is probably the dumbest thing I've read in a while..
Yeah, poverty is a new thing in the world that showed up right about when they started offering social services to people

People are better off today than they used to be.

The second statement you made just doesn't make any sense... there are poor people in every city, including the most expensive cities in the nation..