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Originally Posted by grilba
MA has plenty of poverty. Because the cost of living is so high, a truly poor family may earn just above the poverty line and not be counted. The cost of living is lower in the South so people tend to earn below the official poverty line more often. The real difference? Massachusetts puts tons of money into their educational system and also has universal health care and generous safety nets for the poor. Really, it works-other places should try it some time.
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But if we forget about where the line is between poor and not poor, it's clear that areas that are predominately black often struggle financially, socially, criminally, academically and in just about every other metric. It stands to reason that areas with more blacks/Hispanics (the South) will be more likely to have more people in poverty. It's harder to funnel as much money toward education if their are other serious issues to address (crime, poverty, housing etc).