WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Like many Americans who move to the suburbs,
Tara Simons came to West Hartford because she wanted her daughter to
grow up in a nice, safe place with good schools.
Her fall from a
more financially secure suburban life to one among the working poor also
happened for the same reason it’s happened to so many others. She had a
bout of unemployment and couldn’t find a new job that paid very well.
As
a single mother, that’s made it hard to hold on to the suburban life
that is, in her mind, key to making sure her daughter gets off to the
right start.
“I’m basically paying to say I live in West Hartford,” she said. “It is worth it.”
It’s a struggle that many Americans bruised by the weak economy can relate to.
The
number of suburban residents living in poverty rose by nearly 64
percent between 2000 and 2011, to about 16.4 million people, according
to a Brookings Institution analysis of 95 of the nation’s largest
metropolitan areas. That’s more than double the rate of growth for urban
poverty in those areas. (more)
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