THE PERMINENT WHITE UNDERCLASS

What do all these places and areas have in common ? (a VERY partial list)


Far South Boston
The eastern Providence Rhode island suburbs
The near NE side of Chicago
The west side on Manhattan between 8th and 10th avenue and between 25th and 48th streets
The far south west side and near NE side of Rockford Illinois
Baltimore, MD Mount Clare, west of downtown
Portland, ME Bayside and Parkside, N.W. of downtown
The West side of Newport, Ky.
Minneapolis Mn, Parts of Phillips and Whittier
Duluth MN East Hillside and Central Hillside
Flint, Michigan Central city, east and south sides
Waterloo, Iowa East side
Jackson, Michigan. Downtown, and areas to N., S, and E.
Detroit, Michigan Southwestern corner on Detroit River; Delray
Syracuse, NY Near west side
Columbus, Ohio The bottoms, W. of Scioto River
Toledo, OH Vestula and LaGrange-Central, on E.side
Jamestown, N.Y. Chadakoin; Monroe and Murray
Utica NY central, west side, near north side and near east side
Eastern Kentucky
south western West Virginia
Eastern and south central Tennessee
Far western Virginia
South Central South Carolina
Central and southern parts of Indiana
NE Arkansas
Central, south western and parts of southern Pennsylvania
Northwestern Oneida, parts of Herkimer, Madison, Hamilton Warren, Essex and Oswego counties in NY state
Northern and parts on NE Texas
South central Louisiana
Most of Alaska
South central Alabama
North central Georgia
The east side and central section of Fayetville NC (east of the square)
The "buckeye" section of Phoenix Az
Southeastern Missouri
The east side and downtown area of Las Vegas Nevada
Most of Reno Nevada
West palm beach and lake Worth Florida
The west side of Wichita Kansas
Thousands of square miles in the rural American south and Mountain West


They are ALL predominantly WHITE
They ALL have extremely high per capita crime rates
They are ALL areas where the majority line below, at or slightly above the poverty level
They ALL have been this way for decades and in some cases, centuries

How come ?

How come ?