- New study: Rochester is fifth poorest city in country, By Sean Dobbin, December 10, 2013, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: “Don Rosier wheeled his motorized scooter to the center of the room, laying his cheek on his fist as he waited his turn. Once a month, neighborhood residents can come to the St. Andrew’s Food Cupboard on Portland Avenue and collect a box of food. Rosier, 67 and sporting a baseball cap with ‘Vietnam Veteran’ written across it, said that lines at places like this are longer than they used to be. There’s one Rochester that everyone likes to boast about. It’s the one with the great cost-of-living, the high-performing suburban school systems, the affordable real estate, and the short commutes, all of which combines to push it to the top of those ‘Best places to live’ lists that come out every so often. And then there’s the Rochester that Rosier lives in. The one that’s the fifth poorest city in the United States…”
- New report paints grim picture of poverty in the Rochester area, By Tim Louis Macaluso, December 10, 2013, Rochester City Newspaper: “Rochester is the fifth poorest city in the country out of the 75 largest metro areas and the second poorest out of comparably sized cities, according to a sobering new report from the Rochester Area Community Foundation and ACT Rochester. But what’s most distressing about the report’s findings is the extreme concentration of poverty in Rochester, and the deep barriers to social and economic progress it poses. When compared to other cities, Rochester’s concentration of poverty is profound…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty