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    Default The Poor Have Gone Suburban Too

    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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    Default Re: The Poor Have Gone Suburban Too

    ^^^ agreed at the very least that a rising percentage of 'poor' suburban residents ... either by physical migration or by economic 'ejection' from the middle class, puts an increasing strain on gov't services ... and with it local gov't budgets. This has typically crystallized into rising local property / school tax rates ( with the 'officially' poor homeowners being partially exempt ) and rising local sales tax rates. Both of these leave fewer dollars in the pockets of the non 'officially' poor suburban residents thus fewer dollars in the pockets of the dancers who work in suburban strip clubs !

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    I lived in a suburb that went from upper middle class/middle class to low income because of this. Chicago was tearing down the housing projects and allowing them to move to some suburbs, of my area was one. Since politics aren't allowed I will not elaborate except to say they ruined everything from the schools (which went from above average to among the lowest in the state)to food stamp usage (before it was rare to see food stamps, later it was rare to see someone NOT using them)to crime (gang members became common and crackhouses were on many streets). In fact the suburb now has a drive by shooting problem. Before anyone mentions the economy, these aren't the recent poor who lost a job. They are people who never had a job.

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    Not only services, but the inner city drama that follows this trend. And crime, sometimes, overwhelms formerly mayberry PD level police forces. Ask anyone from wilkes barre/scranton pa

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    Yep. That's what happened to my childhood suburb. There was no crime but now it's full of it.

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    Default Re: The Poor Have Gone Suburban Too

    More people are getting poor all over (losing the class warfare etc.). Why would this not apply to suburbs?

    I suppose this applies to people living in suburb counties, but most counties having cities with the poor also have county residents in suburbs. Only a few large cities have no suburbs in their counties (probably a dozen or so).
    I loved going to strip clubs; I actually made some friends there. Now things are different for the clubs and for me. As a result I am not as happy.

    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

    NOTE: anything I post here, outside of a direct quote, is my opinion only, which I am entitled to. Take it for what you estimate it is worth.

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