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Worst US city to be poor in:

Narrowed it down to 3 based on what I've seen/read:

-Miami
-Las Vegas
-LA

Your thoughts?

actually these are the best cities in the country to be poor in , they have the highest populations of homeless because of the fair weather, and liberal social programs. worst= new york,boston,detriot,D.C

San Francisco

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Originally posted by Libra. actually these are the best cities in the country to be poor in , they have the highest populations of homeless because of the fair weather, and liberal social programs. worst= new york,boston,detriot,D.C

true dat.

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Originally posted by josh4 New Orleans

What I mean was assuming that you aren't in poverty status (you can afford all the necessities for existence) what city would have the greatest disparity between those who are simply ekeing out a living-but still living nonetheless-and those who have access to the exclusive amenities (shopping, dining, that kind of shit).

It is hard to qualify such a location in a country with such a large middle class. I don't want to say that aristocracy does not exist in the United States, but rarely will you see someone dressed like Mr. Peanut walking down the street spitting on the homeless. If you want a good example of economic disparity though, look at Naples, Florida - on one "side" are the rich (pretty much white...irrelevant?) migrants who keep their pools warm, their house cold and their estate finely pruned at all times of the year here in Florida....even though they are scarceley even here, only when their Winter homes get too cold in upstate New York, where even larger estates house them. On the other "side" are...um...native Floridians. That's a pretty impoverished thing, trust me. But who needs money when you've got a plastic pair of aviators and a Firebird Convertible with the original paint job and Yosemite Sam mudflaps? The city of Naples makes significant strides to stunt the growth of its city by enforcing heavy bureaucracy to outside developmental contractors from anywhere else (mostly Miami) in an effort to, quite honestly, keep the "riff-raff" out of Naples. No comment on how successful this is. As such, the high taxation and general cost of living are quite outrageous considering several economic factors which result in the high demand for skilled labour - the result of which is a large trades defecit in the workforce as the cost of living is so high due to the enforced growth policies. So what we see are skilled workers moving out of Naples because they cannot afford to live here while the, um, "unskilled" (:s) labour stays put because of the large opportunity gap. So we see the poor getting poorer and the rich getting...norther? Yeah, yeah, only in Florida. Fuck you guys.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Yeah, yeah, only in Florida. Fuck you guys.

i hope you're talking to the snowbirds, cause im from the hood

just doin what i gotta do to work my way up and not forget where i come from. my dad immigrated to this from barbados back in the day to this country, "the land of opportunity"

yes there is a modern form of aristocracy in this country. and considering the amount of wealth that exists these days it is a very extreme one. and it is obvious to us all, i doubt i need to elaborate. the rich get richer and do not concern themselves with the poor. they have their completley different lives and "issues" while the rest of paycheck to paycheck and do everything we have to do to get above that. and note that i am talking about the very wealthy (who there are alot of) not just the guy down the street with the biggest house.

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Originally posted by philliez i hope you're talking to the snowbirds, cause im from the hood

Was actually talking to all the people here on TA who say "only in Florida" after every Mom kills three children and wears their skin to a Waffle House article that comes along.

New York

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Was actually talking to all the people here on TA who say "only in Florida" after every Mom kills three children and wears their skin to a Waffle House article that comes along.

lmfao

NEW YAWK!

Noo Yeorke

bombay, india anyone?

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk:: bombay, india anyone?

i know some people think the US owns the entire world, but that's pushing it.

Re: Worst US city to be poor in:

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Originally posted by IronDragon Narrowed it down to 3 based on what I've seen/read: -Miami -Las Vegas -LA Your thoughts?

Vegas is probably the only city where a kid can drop out of highschool and make over 100k a year bartending or slinging drinks lol. I know people who have there Masters or Law degrees and still bartend because they make alot of money.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Was actually talking to all the people here on TA who say "only in Florida" after every Mom kills three children and wears their skin to a Waffle House article that comes along.

lmfao... so you heard about that incident too? those people in sarasota are crazy i tell you

Camden, no pride in saying that, I've seen it, I've been there, it's not a nice place to be. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, that place is a crap chute.

phoenix, az during the summer... i think 24 homeless die from heat exhaustion and dehydration

TEXAS & PENNSYLVINIA & Bangladesh.....and ofcourse NEW-WOK

very embarassing to be poor in.

all of them


being poor sucks

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Originally posted by Boomer187 true dat.

Los Vegas has liberal social programs? This is news to me.

When I first arrived at Stanford, I read (and I think I posted about this in the big thread) that the worst city to be homeless in in the USA was Los Vegas with San Francisco a close 2nd.

Los Vegas has incentive to keep the homeless out of sight because of tourism. That San Francisco was 2nd was a surprise because of the more liberal slant.

ya... first came to mind was vegas... sucks to have no money to do anything with there.... that city is set up to spend not to save...

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Originally posted by AnGeLicK phoenix, az during the summer... i think 24 homeless die from heat exhaustion and dehydration

Ya, the heat here is nothin to play around with.

Have any of you ever been to Club Space Miami?!?!?!.. That area is a perfect example. You walk one block north and you are on the design district. This area its building one of the most expensive apartments. One side its luxurious and the other side its "overtown" and "little haiti". The area in Miami with the biggest poverty, crime rate, and drug dealing. Its just crazy to see one side with Bentley dealers and to the back of that its all homelessness.

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