Neighborhoods in which people are poor and working are entirely different from neighborhoods in which people are poor and jobless. Jobless neighborhoods are troubled neighborhood.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Poor working neighborhoods are different from poor jobless neighborhoods, with the latter being more troubled.
- In plain terms
- Jobless poor neighborhoods are worse off than poor working neighborhoods.
- What can you take from it?
- Distinguish between working poverty and jobless poverty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is employment so critical?
- How does poverty affect neighborhoods?
Another view
The distinction may overlook that working families can also be severely distressed.
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