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Originally Posted by wil318466
Do you have any data supporting this?
I may be biased in my views on this topic, as I live in Philadelphia, the largest poor city in the United States (from what I've read). I see some really poor ass people every day, and it annoys me. Not that people are poor, because most of them are just wonderful people, just that there are so many of them living in such a rich country. I really wish it would be evened out a little more. The disparity is bad. I suspect it's actually worse than we realize.
That being said, there are many really poor people in cities, just as there are in the rural areas. Why do you think it's more prevalent in the red states?
https://www.google.com/#q=95+of+the+...orest+counties
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States
^^^ Support for the "poorest counties" claim.
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-mos...vernment/2700/
^^^ 14 of the worst 17 counties when it comes to taking more than they give in terms of federal welfare dollars are red. None are "deep" blue other than maybe Oregon. Most of the 14 are deeply red with virtually all Republican elected officials. Several (Kentucky, West Virginia, Montana, and South Dakota) are almost all white, which undercuts the argument that all welfare goes to minorities.
http://247wallst.com/special-report/...st-states-4/2/
^^^ Richest and poorest states; red at the bottom, blue at the top.
There are plenty of poor people in cities, sure. It's not exclusive to rural hellholes. But the numbers show much of it is coming from sparsely populated conservative areas. And anecdotally? I live 8.5 miles from Times Square in a neighborhood of 75,000 people and I don't think I've ever met someone on welfare, and maybe seen someone homeless three or four times, at most. My precinct voted in favor of Hillary 92.5%-4.3%.