the article is about how rich places start to decline. so it makes sense only as an article about somewhere that is rich. or maybe you're not criticising the

the article is about how rich places start to decline. so it makes sense only as an article about somewhere that is rich. or maybe you're not criticising the article at all, just keeping us informed about the rest of the world? [rather than downvote, try clarifying how an article on the decline of rich communities should be written about somewhere that is not a rich community...]