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America’s 11 Poorest Cities
This April 9, 2008 file photo shows the city of Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
(CBS News) – For all its apparent conveniences and perks, city living has never been easy or inexpensive. And income inequality is often most obvious in metropolitan areas.
U.S. Census Bureau data, cited by the Brookings Institution, found that the 50 largest American cities had significantly higher income gaps between rich and poor when compared to cities overall.
Here are the 11 poorest cities on that list.
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