Twenty years ago, three-quarters of the people living in suburbs were solidly middle-class families. But today, that number has dropped to around 60 percent. According to a new report conducted by the Brookings Institute, the number of poor people living in suburbs is now almost identical to the number of poor people living in inner cities. There are many reasons for the influx of poor people to the suburbs—from immigration to razing of low-income housing and gentrification in the cities. They're all indicators of increasing income inequality—except that struggling suburbs don't have the social services and PR spotlight that inner cities get, meaning life is all the more difficult for residents. SEE THE REPORT
