Many of these unkempt dwellings reside in the inner city of large urban areas, such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia or Chicago. According to our textbook, (page 338) “Poverty rates in the central city are about two times higher then the poverty rates for suburban areas. In some metropolitan areas, the differences in poverty rates are even higher.”

Poor people reside in the central city for two different reasons, according to discussions on various economic models from lecture. First, the farther away that you get from the central business district, the higher your transportation costs to get to your job (assuming that the job is located in the CBD). If you can not afford to commute to your work, you will be unable to keep

The second reason has to do with where new houses are built. New homes are built on land that was previously undeveloped, usually located on the outer edge of the residential district, furthest away from the central business district. The wealthiest people move into these new homes, leaving the upper middle class to move into their old residences. This “trickle down” effect does hold true at the bottom end of the scale as well. The poor that are on the margin of being considered middle class will be able to afford to move into nicer houses. The poorest people are left to keep occupying the oldest homes, located in the inner city, thereby keeping the inner cities poor.

Another option is public housing projects. This could be a decent idea, but the way that most projects are set up make them doomed from the start. Low-income people are put into these apartment-like complexes, concentrating a large amount of poorer people in a small place. These people do not own their units, and because of this, they treat them poorly. Without property rights for your residence, you are not likely to upkeep the structure, or its contents. It is for this reason that housing projects are in such poor condition. In addition, with the high concentration of poor people, there is also a great deal of crime within the projects.

To help reduce the problem, the government has implemented programs to ensure everyone has access to adequate housing. One of the gove

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