4 ms·
The Gini coefficient, a measure of income inequality, tends to be higher in rural vs. urban areas. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8562858/#:~:tex
by atleastoptimal 3y ago
The Gini coefficient, a measure of income inequality, tends to be higher in rural vs. urban areas.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8562858/#:~:text=First%2C%20the%20mean%20level%20of,metropolitan%20counties%20across%20all%20periods https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8562858/#:~:tex....
- rayiner 3y agoThe issue isn’t income inequality but lifestyle inequality. Having a nice car versus a beater isn’t a big lifestyle difference in Iowa. Being able to afford to live near a subway station versus living on a bus line is a big lifestyle difference in NYC. Also, census “metro areas” don’t capture “transit dependent” areas. New York City has the highest GINI in the country: https://www.socialexplorer.com/blog/post/social-explorer-analysis-for-the-new-york-times-finds-manhattan-income-gap-exceeds-third-world-levels-13279 https://www.socialexplorer.com/blog/post/social-explorer-ana.... Boston, Chicago, and New York are also much higher than say Idaho.
- atleastoptimal 3y agoNYC's high Gini coefficient I'd wager has more to do with it being the economic center of the world and its disproportionate billionaires than bus line vs. subway line disparity. Likewise Boston and Chicago, their inequality is driven by the economic force of the peaks, not the middle class/lower class.