According to Noam Chomsky, New York City is the richest city in the world, but…

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That stat seems old when is that statistic from? 1988? :dahell:

Children's poverty is 19% and overall poverty is 23%

Its much worse upstate in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse the children's poverty is 40-45% some of the worst in the nation
the book is a compilation of lectures he gave in india between 1996 and 2001.

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- from his book ‘democracy and power’


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fukk are yall doing out there in the big apple? i thought ny brehs was getting money.
When 9/11 hit, I was in the downstairs lobby smoking the biggest L with some of my homies. I was one of the few if not the only one who worked in the corporate culture of that area near Wall Street at the time. The disconnect they had to what happened and who it impacted would have you thinking they lived in the Philippines instead of three miles away from Wall Street. That's just how far the realities of the New York rich were to most of us.
 

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The wealth disparity in Jamaica is crazy too
However the garrisons don't look like absolute shyt
People don't have much money here but we gotta sense of pride for the community


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The wealth disparity in Jamaica is crazy too
However the garrisons don't look like absolute shyt
People don't have much money here but we gotta sense of pride for the community


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people have been telling me it's getting harder to grow crops and that's causing problems


idk if that's everywhere but that broke my heart
 

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people have been telling me it's getting harder to grow crops and that's causing problems


idk if that's everywhere but that broke my heart

It's rough
Big corps buying up people family land
Then the effects of the last hurricane
Food expensive
 
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