Poverty in Appalachia (Graphics heavy... ) [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

First my apologies to a fellow DU'er. I wish I realized he was posting from the worst region of poverty in the US

What follows are photos from Appalachia, which is an area of the US that is just as bad as the Ciudades Perdidas in Mexico...

Appalachia, the worst poverty concentration in the US for ever...

Yes thanks for pointing this out. That is to the same level I saw in Mexico. And it is inexcusable.











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This is the other America that a certain person some of you do not like was trying to talk about as well.

Appalachia is one of the poorest areas of the country.

Here for a report from 2008

August 27, 2008
Poverty report — Appalachian statistics are still appalling

The report of an increase in Appalachian residents living in poverty last year should come as no great surprise. But that does not make the news that 114,000 more individuals in the region have now reached this economic low any easier to accept.

Appalachia is now home to 13.3 million people living in poverty, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday.

Along with West Virginia and Virginia, the Appalachian region also includes parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Eternal optimists can find good news in the report. The number of people in the region who did not have health insurance last year fell to 13.6 million from 13.7 million from the year before, and median incomes were up in all the Appalachian states, where the median income ranged from a little over $36,000 in Mississippi to $68,080 in Maryland.

http://bdtonline.com/editorials/x519526036/Poverty-report-Appalachian-statistics-are-still-appalling

So when people speak of poverty in the US in general, no we are not that bad. When you look at particular regions, yes we are. Oh and none of those photos comes from anywhere close to the US Mexico Border. Tehy are all from the Appalachia region. Bellow for your comparison is this





So yes we MUST do better.. but that is exactly what Edwards was talking about.