>Somehow people all across America are managing to survive despite not living in gentrified areas. No, they're not. Employment, especially mid-to-high-wage em

>Somehow people all across America are managing to survive despite not living in gentrified areas. No, they're not. Employment, especially mid-to-high-wage employment, is geographically concentrated. Most of the land-area of the USA, so to speak, is poor, and getting poorer. Also, remember, 80% of the population actually lives in large metro-areas, not in the countryside.