"Civic Strategies" on urban poverty

One of my favourite e-newsletters is Civic Strategies: Every few weeks, about a dozen short, well-written blurbs, albeit with an American focus, that keep me up to date on civic trends and personalities. Here’s an example: comment on a Brookings report dealing with rising suburban poverty.

Hard to believe, but more poor people live in America’s suburbs today than in cities, a new study has found. And this is just the beginning….

The sifting of poverty from the inner-city to the suburbs is proceeding faster than anyone could have imagined three decades ago. … First, middle-class and wealthy families are returning to the city…. Second, poor families are following work, and work has shifted to the suburbs. Finally, most new immigrants aren’t settling first in the city, then moving a generation or two later to the ‘burbs. … (Full article here.)