houstonsemipro Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Cleveland Ranked Nation's Poorest Big City Thu Sep 23, 8:10 AM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By M.R. KROPKO, Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND - Crushed by the loss of steel and other manufacturing jobs, Cleveland has ranked high for poverty before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 This is terrible news. I hold no grudge against Cleveland. From what little I've seen of that city, it holds a great deal of potential. If you're at all a fan of 20th century architecture, Cleveland has some wonderful examples. Their museum is on a par with Houston's.As a 'rust-belter', I take no pleasure in the misfortune of older cities. While we bask in new architecture, they're doggedly holding on to what they have. Cleveland looks with dismay as their children move to other, more hopeful cities (including Houston). What went wrong? What a tragedy that such a fine city has fallen on hard times, despite the efforts of talented, hard-working people.I hope this never happens to Houston. What guarantee do we have that it won't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 None. No city can guarantee such a thing. However, as someone somewhere else pointed out, we're talking about the municipality: the area as a whole isn't nearly as bad off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 There's never a guarantee, but overall Houston is probably well-placed to remain fairly prosperous due to the port and the medical industry here. I think a potential risk to the long-term health of the Houston economy is a still fairly large dependence on energy. It's probably not likely, but if demand for oil ever dropped sharply, say due to rapid development of hydrogen fuel cell technology, that could pose a threat to the long-run vitality of the local economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincoRanch-HoustonResident Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 IMO, I don't really think that oil demand will drop a lot. Even if hydrogen fuel cell technology is offered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Interesting stats from the U.S. Census Bureau can be found at:U.S. Census Bureau linkPoverty: Percent of People Below Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months 1. Cleveland, OH6. El Paso, TX16. Dallas, TX20. Houston, TX28. San Antonio, TX33. Corpus Christi, TX38. Austin, TX42. Ft. Worth, TX61. Arlington, TX(there were only 68 cities listed, and 8 (!) were Texas cities) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 BTW, Virginia Beach, Virginia was number 68! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I don't understand what criteria were used to compile these figures.Where's Brownsville, McAllen and Laredo? I thought the Valley was the poorest area in Texas (and maybe the nation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Percent of People Below Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months (for whom poverty status is determined)Population for whom poverty status is determined (County level):(all counties listed below are counties found in Texas)1. Hidalgo2. Cameron4. El Paso9. Lubbock29. Bexar33. Dallas43. Harris52. Galveston62. Travis108. Tarrant169. Williamson171. Ft. Bend175. Montgomery192. Denton195. Collin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooner&RiceGrad Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 This is the complete list:1 Cleveland city, OH 2 Newark city, NJ 3 Detroit city, MI 4 Fresno city, CA 5 Miami city, FL 6 El Paso city, TX 7 Long Beach city, 8 Atlanta city, GA 8 Memphis city, TN 10 Philadelphia city, PA 11 Milwaukee city, WI 12 Buffalo city, NY 13 St. Louis city, MO 14 Tampa city, FL 15 Cincinnati city, OH 16 Dallas city, TX 17 New Orleans city, LA 18 Stockton city, CA 18 Baltimore city, MD 20 Toledo city, OH 20 Houston city, TX 22 Los Angeles city, CA 23 Washington city, DC 24 Chicago city, IL 25 Boston city, MA 26 New York city, NY 27 Tucson city, AZ 28 San Antonio city, TX 29 Lexington-Fayette, KY 30 Phoenix city, AZ 30 Minneapolis city, MN 32 Oklahoma City city, OK 33 Corpus Christi city, TX 34 Columbus city, OH 35 Santa Ana city, CA 35 Kansas City city, MO 37 Pittsburgh city, PA 38 Austin city, TX 39 Portland city, OR 40 St. Paul city, MN 41 Tulsa city, OK 42 Fort Worth city, TX 43 Oakland city, CA 44 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 45 San Diego city, CA 46 Jacksonville city, FL 47 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 48 Omaha city, NE 49 Wichita city, KS 50 Sacramento city, CA 51 Riverside city, CA 52 Honolulu CDP, HI 53 Anaheim city, CA 53 Denver city, CO 55 Las Vegas city, NV 55 Albuquerque city, NM 57 Bakersfield city, CA 58 Mesa city, AZ 59 Aurora city, CO 59 Charlotte city, NC 61 Arlington city, TX 62 Raleigh city, NC 63 Seattle city, WA 64 San Francisco city, CA 65 Colorado Springs city, CO 66 San Jose city, CA 67 Anchorage municipality, AK 68 Virginia Beach city, VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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