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Miami is a very poor city in many respects. There are literally neighborhoods with very bad infrastructure and chickens running around just a few miles from multi-million dollar condos.
Basically, if you live west of I-95, you're probably poor.
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Yes but you would expect with a very low poverty rate (and generally healthy income/costs ratio) crime would follow. But it doesn’t. DC should be very safe but it isn’t.
Like if you had a regression of poverty rate vs crime rate DC would be an outlier.
Again the poverty data is by MSA, compared to the "average" metropolitan area nation wide, the Washington MSA is not "high crime" or unsafe. It's a very elite MSA, and crime is smack dab in the middle at national averages. The only thing bumping up DC proper so high is a 12-14 sq mi area of high crime separated by a river. The MSA is almost 6,000 sq miles.
Memphis no surprise coming in last. The city crimeridden, rundown, and not a nice place. If they clean up it could improve, but not likely. The city has no vision or power to move the needle.
Memphis no surprise coming in last. The city crimeridden, rundown, and not a nice place. If they clean up it could improve, but not likely. The city has no vision or power to move the needle.
Why doesn't it have power to move the needle? Just curious about your opinion.
I personally think the city is too far gone. Memphis is too dependent on manufacturing, distribution and lacks the innovation and education.
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Why doesn't it have power to move the needle? Just curious about your opinion.
I personally think the city is too far gone. Memphis is too dependent on manufacturing, distribution and lacks the innovation and education.
It takes money to fund education to break the cycle of generational poverty. If you don’t have 21st century job skills, it’s really hard to escape poverty. Tennessee has a structure that keeps tax money generated in affluent Middle Tennessee in Middle Tennessee. Great if you live in Brentwood. Not so great if you live in Memphis or Bristol.
Why doesn't it have power to move the needle? Just curious about your opinion.
I personally think the city is too far gone. Memphis is too dependent on manufacturing, distribution and lacks the innovation and education.
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It takes money to fund education to break the cycle of generational poverty. If you don’t have 21st century job skills, it’s really hard to escape poverty. Tennessee has a structure that keeps tax money generated in affluent Middle Tennessee in Middle Tennessee. Great if you live in Brentwood. Not so great if you live in Memphis or Bristol.
Basically what he said^. With the right direction Memphis could have capitalized on its thriving arts community, but without a vision it is not possible. It could take a few lessons from Chattanooga. The region lacks white collar jobs and population growth.
I highly doubt that the people living in Coral Gables or Kendall would consider themselves "poor..."
Well those areas are near the University of Miami, no?
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