The 15 US Cities Where Poverty Is Soaring Fastest

[octoberlib]

Southern poverty has grown in an extreme way within America's post-recession landscape, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.
Of the 15 metro areas where poverty is expanding at the greatest rates, nine are located in the South, with four in North Carolina and another three in Florida.

Metro areas include cities and their surrounding suburbs, where poverty has been expanding fastest.

The Brookings report analyzes the poverty levels in metro areas, examining the change between 2000 and the period of 2008-2012, which includes an average from a five-year Census estimate and shows the effect of the recession.



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Charlotte and Raleigh are tied for 3rd. Greensboro-HighPoint is 10th. Winston-Salem is 8th.

[RadicalGeek]

1. So Much For the "Rust Belt"

And most of them are in 'Red States'. . .

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2. Seattle should also be on that list

My rent has doubled in five years, and I have friends that are paying even more. While income has only gone down by about a third since 2007, the cost of not being homeless has more than doubled here.

[hollysmom]

3. Out sourcing all the furniture manufacturing to China certainly did not help.

All my furniture was made in the US and I paid plenty for it, most of the next generation was made in China and was cheap. (and fake wood). that would explain Highpoint Greensboro and Winston Sale to some degree.