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America's Poorest Towns ....

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    America's Poorest Towns ....

    A bit sad to read, but well worth the time.

    Every national / city newspaper should do a similar piece on their country or city. (And yes, I am aware that the Guardian is not really an American newspaper.)

    In a series of four dispatches, Chris McGreal reports from four of the poorest towns in the USA - in Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas and Arizona - and meets those trying to do more than survive in places so remote from the American Dream.
    America's poorest towns | US news | The Guardian
    Last edited by shri; 17-11-2015 at 05:40 PM.
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    Wow this is pretty sad indeed.


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    The U.K. would be interesting. I was a 'road warrior' when I was younger and travelled all over...I saw many towns, especially in the north east of the country, where half the shops were boarded up and people were just mooching about like zombies. Quite a few former seaside resorts in serious decline...Redcar springs to mind but there are many others.