Concentrated Poverty is the new Urban Panic.

[Dondilion]

The article by Susan Greenbaum deals with complexities in addressing the problems associated with concentrated poverty in an urban area.

Frustrating?

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinion...ban-panic.html

[donquixote99]

Why on earth would this be new (he asked, before looking at the article....)

[MrPots]

I think poor people have always "clustered" in certain ares. We call them "the wrong side of the tracks".

I suspect those clusters are simply becoming larger and more noticable what with stagnant wages and the ever widening gap. I also suspect our major cities will eventually sport our own favelas soon enough (well away from the sight of the wealthy elite...).

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by MrPots

I think poor people have always "clustered" in certain ares. It's called "the wrong side of the tracks".

I suspect those clusters are simply becoming larger and more noticable what with stagnant wages and the ever widening gap. I suspect our major cities will eventually sport our own favelas soon enough (well away from the sight of the wealthy elite...).

That's the way I see it.

We had a short period after WW2 where we were building a strong middle class. But that trend has been in reverse since the 70's.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by MrPots

I also suspect our major cities will eventually sport our own favelas soon enough (well away from the sight of the wealthy elite...).

We already have the seeds of them in the large homeless camps in some cities.

Here in little 55,000 population Petaluma, we have a string of camps along the river both north and south of town. The city used to clear them out from time to time.

Used to.

[donquixote99]

favelas: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...ndholding.html

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Boreas

We already have the seeds of them in the large homeless camps in some cities.

Here in little 55,000 population Petaluma, we have a string of camps along the river both north and south of town. The city used to clear them out from time to time.

Used to.

This is sad to hear. I'm pretty well insulated from the uglies of life where I now live.