Poverty spreading in suburbs: study

[UpInArms]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poverty in the United States is spreading from rural and inner-city areas to the suburbs, according to a study, a situation that can worsen as the economy confronts what may be a protracted recession.

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"Poverty is spreading and may be re-clustering in suburbs, where a majority of America's metropolitan poor now live."

The study was released ahead of next week's conference on concentrated poverty at the Fed. It shied away from explaining the causes of poverty, but past research have linked the phenomenon to loss of jobs in manufacturing, agriculture and mining.

With the U.S. economic outlook rapidly deteriorating, poverty could get worse.

The U.S. housing market collapse has unleashed the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, forcing business to scale back on investments and driving the unemployment rate to a 14-year high.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4AR60M20081128

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the BFEE's legacy grows ever larger

[DJ13]

1. I think we should start busing in homeless into Beverly Hills & Martha's Vineyard

Force those who cause the homeless problem live with it.

[Baby Snooks]

11. Just don't bus them into Pacific Heights in San Francisco...

Nancy Pelosi would have them all arrested.

[Double T]

2. Bailouts and stimulus packages will mask this very real problem for a short time;...........

the problem meanwhile will increase many fold. Why the HELL doesn't ANYONE want to face the truth about foreign slave wage outsourcing and American job loss and its tremendous contribution to the destruction of our economy.

[Mari333]

3. yes, outsourcing and perpetual wars that cost trillions..n/t

[undergroundpanther]

5. outsourcing and bailouts for billionaires

won't do SHIT.

We need to raise wages ,give more to those who have less.
So they will spend.And then things will improve.The greedy create the needy.The greedy billionaires spending bail out money on spas and renaming stadiums should be SHAMED and that money TAKEN BACK..
Greed by those Ceo PIGS who HAVE TOO MUCH should NOT be rewarded with MORE from those with less or nothing..
Fuck all the corporate exec pigs,let THEM feel the PINCHES..

[undergroundpanther]

4. Tell me about it

I live in sprawl land,there are plenty of homeless out here the towns just hide them away from public view.

[laconicsax]

6. So will this cause a suburban flight?

Maybe to new sub-suburbs?

[Doremus]

7. You mean the 'exurbs', the land of McMansions and shopping centers?

They're already up to their eyeballs in debt. New foreclosure notices posted daily.

[laconicsax]

8. Yeah, there.

[formercia]

13. Flight into the cities

much like people in the Dark Ages stayed close to the walls of the cities in case of attack. Then came the plague.

[Acadia Blue]

16. People can't move because of falling home prices. So everyone

is sort of stuck where they live for a while.

[judasdisney]

9. Why hasn't the President-elect fixed the economy YET? Impeach him NOW.

[SpiralHawk]

10. "We have LIBERATED the middle class (from their money). Smirk." - Republicon Homelanders

[annabanana]

12. I wonder how much can be grown on our little suburban lawns?

And how can we stop people from stealing our carrots & tomatoes?

[wartrace]

14. Will your homeowners association allow chickens & cows?

Just saying, it would be hard to live on just what could be produced in a garden. No protein unless you grow beans but you wouldn't be able to grow enough to survive.

[annabanana]

15. homeowners associations. . pfft

Chickens I have room for... Maybe a small goat

a COW? .. those things are too damn BIG

[Acadia Blue]

17. In the depression, people had chickens and even a cow in small backyards.

[wartrace]

19. Sure it would fit but it would get awfully hungry!

You need at least three acres per cow to graze & hay for the winter.

[humus]

18. over abundance

Have you ever gardened?
I have a 25 x 40 ft organic garden,
you would be surprised by the amount of food you can harvest, especially beans.

[wartrace]

20. Enough to feed a family for a whole year???

I am sure you could feed a family BUT for the entire year?

[humus]

21. ..

I live near the amish community of Pa.,they have very large fanilies and large gardens,
very seldom do I see them in the supermarkets.