🚨 New Research: The American Dream is Dying in Big Cities
Cities used to be ladders of opportunity for their residents. Not anymore. Our new paper shows smaller cities & towns now outperform major metros for kids born into poverty.
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgae587/7994571
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Cities used to be ladders of opportunity for their residents. Not anymore. Our new paper shows smaller cities & towns now outperform major metros for kids born into poverty.
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgae587/7994571
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• Wealth creation
• Income generation
• Economic mobility for poor children
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• Century of satellite-based image analysis
• Population patterns
• Economic indicators
• Social mobility data to measure how city structure impacts opportunity
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• Low-income neighborhoods
• Communities of color, creating a tale of two cities within metros
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Explore our wealth database: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03059-9
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