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(This is from @xenocryptsite's lovely tool here: http://xenocrypt.github.io/CountyIncomeHistory.html …)
Cities are emptying out of everyone but the rich, & NY is prime example, but Queens was in the 91st pctile of income in 1969 and is 40th nowpic.twitter.com/bs2xgg5UBh
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Brooklyn is also poorer today relative to the rest of the nation than it was in 1969.pic.twitter.com/62IIvIasYC
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Oh, and the Bronx's average income is at the *sixth percentile* nationally.pic.twitter.com/pwktYyV0UX
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Meanwhile, Manhattan has genuinely gone from wealthy to much wealthierpic.twitter.com/cWhpCAO7DO
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San Francisco was 98th in '69 at 1.5x, 99th in '15 at 2.2x, not as much movement as folks seem to think. That tool is awesome, thanks.pic.twitter.com/une6alFHp1
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In 2005, Ald. Tunney told me Chicago will become "Manhattanized.'
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It's fascinating how many different boogeymen that term can refer to
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Even in NYC area, few ppl know/believe Mnhtn has lower median HH income than any suburban county
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"Playground for the rich" obscures just how much city wealth hoarded by the suburbs
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