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This NYT editorial covers an interested (for me) topic. I've always viewed poverty as an inner-city phenomenon.

Posted by ty97 Jul 11 '12, 10:44

Probably because growing up outside of NYC in the 80s, it really was (mostly) an inner-city problem. But with poverty growing in / moving to the suburbs, we have unique challenges because the suburbs were specifically designed for the middle class and affluent.

Suburbs weren't designed to handle poverty (www.nytimes.com)

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one visit to my brother in Kentucky cured me of that idea. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 10:54
actually makes a lot of sense. -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 10:53
*blink* -- nm - nubby Jul 11, 10:51
Man, there's no poverty quite like rural poverty. - Reagen Jul 11, 10:45 15
- yet Saskatchewan has enough cell phones now to justify a *second* area code -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:57 8
  - Cell phones actually work great in impoverished areas, particularly those that never had land-line infrastructure. - ty97 Jul 11, 11:00 7
    - We've found that in the Southwest. Sometimes get a way better signal out on the Navajo Rez than in more developed areas. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 11:06
    - great for the providers. they get to shake money out of poor people everywhere. - zork Jul 11, 11:03 5
      - I'd argue that having a cell phone in the US very nearly is a need. - TWuG Jul 11, 11:16 1
        
        at this point it is absolutely a need. Most public phones are gone. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:26
      - totally disagree. in places with no landlines, a cell phone makes a huge difference. in the third world it raises people's income significantly. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:05 2
        
        I wasn't talking about third world. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:08 1
        
        why assume it's different in rural areas of the US? -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:09
- No doubt, but rural wasn't even part of my world view growing up. Which, as I learn more about my ancestry, is strange. - ty97 Jul 11, 10:55 3
  - "Claim the land, Joseph"? -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:57 2
    - no, *share* the land -- nm - guess who Jul 11, 10:59 1
      - Are we talking about together now? -- nm - TWuG Jul 11, 11:02
- Going back to NW Conn, where my mother grew up is very instructive. - Mel Profit Jul 11, 10:50
- Word. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 10:47

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