Improving Demographics

[Jesse276]

We've all seen list after list rating cities for health, wealth, jobs, quality of life... on & on. It seems that these ratings are merely a proxy for answering, which cities have the most high income workers & least low income population.

Companies & people both search out these already successful areas, creating a virtuous cycle. The higher income of a metro, the more amenities are offered... whether they are offered by the public(transit,parks,education) or private sector(great restaurants,nightlife,jobs).

Many cities have an underclass of sorts, meaning ignoring race there is always an 'other side of the tracks'. In these successful cities, it seems that proportionality this area of town is smaller. There are more poor people in failing/middling cities.

Why do you think that is?

-A good local economy pulls these people into jobs & into the middle class.

-Do these metros do a better job training/educating their population.

-Did these cities start with a smaller poor population & have been growing by adding well-to-do transplants from elsewhere... skewing the overall population.