The North Carolina Sociological Association

It is commonly thought that more poor people live in cities than in the suburbs, which are said to be relatively rich. By 1999, however, poverty was about equally balanced between the city and the surburbs. Since then the trend has continued and there are now more poor in the suburbs than in the cities of the United States.
 

• The link to the full report by the Brookings researchers can be found at: http://www.npr.org/documents/2006/dec/suburban_poverty.pdf link. 

Suburbanization is sometimes accused to forcing people into isolation and loneliness.  But using national data, Economist Jan Brueckner has found the opposite. 

• The link to the Brueckner video is: http://www.uci.edu/experts/video_news.php?src=brueckner&format=mov&res=high link 

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