The reason the statistics are so squirrelly is that they are measuring different populations. The residents of the "inner city" of Washington, D.C., are poor blacks, many of whom are below poverty line in Southeast suburbs of D.C., and are receiving government assistance. The affluents live in some of the suburbs (Potomac, Bethesda, and Chevy Chase, MD; McLean and Great Falls, VA.; and Northwest suburbs of D.C.)
The wealth here is staggering. People who live in parts of California, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, and the like, are familiar with similar wealth, however.
The poverty here isn't as bad as where I am from (New Orleans) or other places where there is a large concentration of poor people.
IMHO. |
