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Posted by: Puli ( )
Date: June 03, 2013 02:46PM
Urban Poverty in SLC

I wonder how Mormons account for reports like the following:

http://247wallst.com/2013/05/28/cities-where-suburban-poverty-is-skyrocketing/

"Cities Where Suburban Poverty Is Skyrocketing"

"The number of poor people in U.S. suburbs rose by 63.6% between 2000 and 2011, from 10 million to well over 16 million people. For the first time, there are now more people living in poverty in the suburbs than in cities."

The top 10 cities with skyrocketing urban poverty are:
10. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
9. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
8. Provo-Orem, UT
7. Boise City-Nampa, ID
6. Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
5. Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
4. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
3. Salt Lake City, UT
2. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
1. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA

Two of the top 10 citues are in UT and and another 3 (Mesa, Boise, and Las Veagas) have significant Mormon populations.

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Posted by: dogblogger ( )
Date: June 03, 2013 03:50PM
Re: Urban Poverty in SLC

Giving away 10% of your income is not a recipe for financial success. It's practically impossible to build up much of a post tax buffer for the bad times. Very few budgets can survive that sort of non-return over many years.

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Posted by: amiwhiteyet ( )
Date: June 03, 2013 04:39PM
Re: Urban Poverty in SLC

So much for Moses 7:18 I guess...

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Posted by: subeam ( )
Date: June 03, 2013 04:49PM
Re: Urban Poverty in SLC

That is shocking but let's not forget SLC has a beautiful shopping mall (kidding).

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Posted by: donbagley ( )
Date: June 03, 2013 04:54PM
Re: Urban Poverty in SLC

Both Provo and Salt Lake. Boise too. Intellectual poverty precedes financial poverty in such places.

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