1. Outer-city poverty.
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POOR people , *SUBURBS , *POVERTY in the United States , *INCOME , *MUNICIPAL finance , *HOME prices , *INCOME inequality , *POOR children - Abstract
The article explores the transfer of the concentration of poor people in the suburbs in the U.S. It attributes the changing geography of poverty to the declining median household income and the mismanagement of city finances. The effect of increasing housing costs and income inequality on the condition of poor people is discussed, as well as the rising number of poor children in cities across the country.
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- 2019