Concentrated Poverty In New York City

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Concentrated poverty can be defined as a high population of people with very little or no income clustered in a neighborhood due to the fact they are not be spreading all over the city. In the article Concentrated Poverty in the New York City : An Analysis Of Changing Geographic Patterns Of Poverty it shows a statistic that in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, the concentrated poverty rate grew from 38.0 percent in 2000 to 43.2 percent 2006 to 2010. In the South Bronx neighborhoods of Mott Haven and Hunts points , over two thirds (67.3 percent) and almost three-quarters(72.5 percent) of all children live in extreme poverty area. Following this further he can cause crime rates to increase , poor housing , not enough health facilities , limited job

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