Where does poverty live? In the U.S., we think of it existing in rundown rural trailer parks or dangerous inner city neighborhoods. Today Zachary Roth digs into the the rise in suburban poverty brought on by the recession. More poor Americans now live in the suburbs than in cities, shockingly. What’s worse, “many suburbs may not be as well set up as urban areas are to provide much-needed social services,” he says.

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