the high cost of poverty

[devaretha]

a good article in the washington post about how much more it costs to be poor than to be middle or upper class, especially if that poverty is intergenerational. the myriad ways that the very people who can not afford it are ruthlessly soaked in every aspect of daily life is something many people are not aware of. the absence of these facts from

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[fried_pearl]

This is something that most people don't seem to understand. There are no 'cheap' places to buy things in poor areas, particulary urban areas. There are few, if any, choices. Very few chains locate in poor urban areas, especially grocery stores. That's why it is a big deal when they do. I believe Publix has started opening stores in downtown neighborhoods, but it takes city governments who understand the need to have stores like that available for urban renewal without razing and/or driving out the people who already live there.