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Old 11-18-2011, 02:27 AM
 
Location: CA
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- A not-so-welcome distinction for San Bernardino: It's the second-poorest city in the country. Detroit is the only city worse off.
Census: San Bernardino 2nd-poorest large city in US | abc7.com

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Old 11-18-2011, 01:42 PM
 
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Sort of surprised Hesperia is the 2nd most impoverished city in the IE... 5th or 6th sure, but 2nd is quite a rank.
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Old 11-18-2011, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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Sort of surprised Hesperia is the 2nd most impoverished city in the IE... 5th or 6th sure, but 2nd is quite a rank.
The article doesn't really give the methodology used. I'm assuming it uses "percent below poverty level", but that's just a guess.
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Old 11-19-2011, 10:33 AM
 
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David, you're right on that. Here's another article from PE that talks about it a little more - SAN BERNARDINO: Falling deeper into poverty | Breaking News | PE.com - The Press-Enterprise
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Old 11-19-2011, 11:37 AM
 
Location: SW MO
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From the article, "Recent arrivals to San Bernardino are especially likely to live in poverty." Highlighting non-English speakers, couples under 40 and unemployed with four children. Build them social supports and freebies and they will come! What a surprise.
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Old 11-19-2011, 12:35 PM
 
Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA
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I work in San Bernardino and the article is a trifle misleading (not that I am defending SB in any way, shape or form!).... but there are pockets of affluence still in San Bernardino. And my students are all "poor," but live well in their $200 Nike sneakers, fancy phones, IPOD's and everything else that they get from Welfare, food stamps and everything else the government dishes out to them.

I have a 22 year old female student with 4 kids. She drives a recent model Benz, gets a free ride in college at government expense. She tells me she lives well on welfare and her car, clothes and gear suggest she's telling me the truth.
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Old 11-19-2011, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Yucaipa, California
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San Bernardino is called San Bernaghetto for a reason. I have to work this coming weds in sb & its not the greatest of areas (near pacific high school) but a job is a job. Certain areas of sb arent bad (near the country club above highland ave). Nearby redlands & loma linda has a few undesirable areas as well. I hate shopping at walmart in redlands but ill be in the area & i need cat litter (which has once again increased in price). Food 4 less isnt too bad but it attracks the shoplifters just like walmart.
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Old 11-20-2011, 02:40 PM
 
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Every single time I fill gas with my company car which has my company name all over it, I get hit up for change. I stopped filling gas in this city because of it.
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Old 11-25-2011, 08:31 PM
 
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My hometown holding it down! Yuh-yeah! (If there are any decent people left, go east... it's a beautiful country out there just waiting for you.)
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Old 11-27-2011, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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Yes, because poor always = not decent, riiiiight?
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