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miami metro has always been poor since the early 1920s.. its nothing new..
i saw it first hand growing up in miami.. 3 families or more living in small houses/condos/apartments ( 1200 sqft and less) section 8 apartments are everywhere..
then you got the yuppies there is no real middle class.. only very few neighborhoods are middle class.
11.9% -- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
12.1% -- Pittsburgh, PA
12.7% -- Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
13.4% -- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
14.0% -- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR
14.3% -- St. Louis, MO-IL
14.5% -- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
14.8% -- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
15.0% -- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
15.0% -- San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
17.4% -- Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
17.4% -- Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
17.5% -- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
17.6% -- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
19.0% -- Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
11.9% -- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
12.1% -- Pittsburgh, PA
12.7% -- Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
13.4% -- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
14.0% -- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR
14.3% -- St. Louis, MO-IL
14.5% -- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
14.8% -- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
15.0% -- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
15.0% -- San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
15.9% -- United States
16.4% -- Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
16.4% -- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
16.6% -- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
16.9% -- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
17.3% -- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
17.4% -- Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
17.4% -- Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
17.5% -- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
17.6% -- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
19.0% -- Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
No metro region really has anything to brag about. Even the lowest rate in the DC area, 8.4%, is still unacceptably high.
Not to mention, a lot of the high cost areas, such as Boston, NY, SF, LA, and DC, likely have significantly higher real poverty rates when adjusting for cost-of-living.
No metro region really has anything to brag about. Even the lowest rate in the DC area, 8.4%, is still unacceptably high.
Not to mention, a lot of the high cost areas, such as Boston, NY, SF, LA, and DC, likely have significantly higher real poverty rates when adjusting for cost-of-living.
If you drop out illegal immigrants the poverty levels would be lower.
If you drop out illegal immigrants the poverty levels would be lower.
Oh please, don't even go there. 11-15 million illegal workers would lower the unemployment rate a fraction of one percentage point. You're only parroting more GOP distraction rhetoric from the real issues.
I would think that many of those places have a variety of different economic sectors to fall back on (especially Chicago and Pittsburgh).
And not Philadelphia? While a smaller economy than Chicago for sure, Philadelphia has a much larger and diverse economy than Pittsburgh.
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