As rural/developing country poverty decreases, urban economically split poverty increases. The amount of poverty in the US (and many other "developed" countrie

As rural/developing country poverty decreases, urban economically split poverty increases. The amount of poverty in the US (and many other "developed" countries) is quite astonishing. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States > 16% of Americans lived in poverty in 2011