From the front page of today's N.Y. Times : The number of "poor" people living in the suburbs has doubled in the last ten years.
Why isn't this "political" and thus against the rules ?
How is this relevant to Dollar Den ?
Very simple :
Do you own a house ?
In a suburb of a major city ?
Do you pay taxes ?
Thinking of buying a house ?
Of moving to a suburb ?
If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions then this is highly relevant.
Poor people moving out of cities and/or becoming "poor" after moving into a suburb affects both them and the other residents.
They pay less taxes and consume more services.
It is more of a strain on most suburban budgets to provide and pay for those services.
Many suburbs have been forced to cut spending on other things and/or raise taxes to pay for services that are mandated by state and/or Federal law.
BEFORE buying a house in the suburbs it might be a good idea to check out the latest census info concerning their "poor" people. Is the "poor" population stable ? Declining ? Increasing ?
If it is increasing, what do you think that means for YOUR quality of life ?; YOUR tax bill ?
What effect do you think it will have on the local schools ? ; the downtown business district vs. Walmart and other Box-Stores that cater to the "Poor" ?
Yes. Yes. Melonie. We know we have the "richest" poor people in the world. lol.
At least if we go by all the things the typical poor family owns . A house; a car; flat screen T.V. ; I-pad ; I-phone etc. etc.



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