The division of money is evident in different cities. Rich people sit comfortably at the top while the rest of us, well, we just watch. CNN made a list of the most unequal cities in America. It's determined by how rich the rich are and how poor the poor are in a city. This sort of money gap in a city population can cause very high crime rates.
Atlanta, Georgia made the top of the list. With the high average income at $279,827, and the low average income at $14,850, the poor do not stand a chance. The article later explains that it is not that Atlanta has the richest rich people, it is that it has the poorest of the poor. Is it just a coincidence that they have such a high crime rate? Second on the list was San Francisco, California. It has a low of $21,313 and a high of $353,576. Another factor to take into consideration is the size of the city's population. San Francisco's population is much larger than Atlanta's, allowing more room for the middle class to be present.
CNN also provides another list, America's most equal cities. To my surprise two of our neighbors were featured on this list. Number four on this list was Fort Worth with a low of 20,992 and a high of 168,989. Arlington came at number nine with a low of $24,169 and a high of 175,759. Dallas was no where to be found, lost in the middle class somewhere I suppose.
In my opinion this is one of the biggest problems in our economy and society. By giving the rich more and the poor less we limit our own people. A largely populated and unequal city will have the best and worst of the worst neighborhoods, simply because the most crime tends to happen in the poorest areas. If we fix this economic issue it could help in solving a series of other problems.
http://economy.money.cnn.com/2014/02/21/americas-most-unequal-cities/?iid=SF_E_River
