Atlanta Suburbs See Alarming Rise in Poverty, Study Finds | WABE 90.1 FM

Suburbs are becoming home to more and more of our nation’s poor.

A Brookings Institution study released Monday finds nowhere is that trend more evident than in metro Atlanta.

As a whole, researchers found an average increase in poverty of 64% in the nation’s largest 100 metro areas.

In Atlanta, the figure is close to 159%, making it the the largest increase of any US city.

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