I just wanted to share The New York Time‘s article I was referring to about Reading hitting the number one charts in poverty. This issue was interesting to me since it spawns from a variety of smaller problems regarding budget cuts, educational issues, and loss of employment. I think this city needs to make some serious changes and attempts to “frame” these approaching issues before it’s too late. Reading just reminds me of a carcass of a city that once was so aspiring for people, especially immigrants. Obviously politicians’ decisions are not doing enough for this city as it sinks further into disparity.
Here’s the article if you’re interested!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/reading-pa-tops-list-poverty-list-census-shows.html?pagewanted=all
