Middle-Class Neighborhoods Shrinking, Report Finds - NYTimes.com

Germantown in Philadelphia is poor now. That's a surprise. I remember going down there to visit a girl at Beaver College 45 years ago. Very middle class back then. Much has changed in America.  The Russell Sage Foundation reports. - GWC

Middle-Class Neighborhoods Shrinking, Report Finds - NYTimes.com:

by Sabrina Tavernise

"WASHINGTON — The portion of American families living in middle-income neighborhoods has declined significantly since 1970, according to a new study, as rising income inequality left a growing share of families in neighborhoods that are mostly low-income or mostly affluent."

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