Articles written by David Boston

When urban researchers talk about cities, the definition can take a variety of forms with sociological undertones.

Jul 10, 2010 - David Boston

In Black Picket Fences, Mary Pattillo-McCoy describes the cycle of drug dealing and neighborhood deterioration hurting the African-American middle-class.

Jun 14, 2010 - David Boston

In "The Dynamics of Racial Residential Segregation" Camille Z. Charles provides evidence that prejudice still plays a major role in residential segregation.

Jun 14, 2010 - David Boston

In When Work Disappears, Wilson considers both sides of the debate over the causes of poverty among African-Americans and other minorities the inner-city.

Jun 14, 2010 - David Boston

Huge quantities of plastic are accumulating in the middle of the world's oceans, like they have in the North Pacific Central Gyre, creating toxic plastic soups of trash.

Jul 29, 2008 - David Boston

Many urban residents in Wyoming cities such as Laramie hold down two or more jobs and still can't pay for the ever-increasing cost of living.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Milwaukee the city and Milwaukee County both experience poverty rates severely above the Wisconsin state average, and they are not the only places.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

In counties like McDowell and Mingo, or cities like Huntington and Morgantown, there is a disproportionate amount of people living in poverty compared to the rest of WV.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Poverty rates in Washington reach their highest levels in major cities and on Native American reservations.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With critical poverty rates found in so many different rural counties and heavily populated major cities, there seems to be an isolation problem for the poor in Virginia.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Though poverty rates may be low in other parts of the state, it is a completely different story in Vermont's only major city, Burlington.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

The poverty rate of Texas is already extremely high. When so many counties and major cities are still critically above the state average, there is an isolation problem.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

In some rural areas across the state of Tennessee, poverty rates reach much higher levels than the state average.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Poverty rates in the state of South Dakota are some of the highest in the United States in counties with a majority of Native American citizens.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

When working-class people are isolated to specific geographic areas and sections of major cities, a negative stigma can make matters even worse.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Avoiding poverty in major cities is a matter of making sure that working-class people make a wage that can afford the rising cost of living.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With the cost of living constantly going up, it is becoming harder for working people in major cities of Pennsylvania to pay the bills.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With high rates of poverty in both urban and rural areas, Oregon will have to utilize several types of economic development to help its various communities.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

In Choctaw County and the city of Stillwater, poverty rates have been found to be higher than areas in the rest of the state of Oklahoma.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

The working-class Americans living in poverty in Ohio's major cities simply cannot earn enough to keep up with the constantly rising cost of living.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

When communities are isolated to the degree of some North Dakota Native American reservations, it can be very difficult to pull the community out of severe poverty.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Many different places across the state of North Carolina have been found to have poverty rates that are critically higher than the state average.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Life in New York's major cities isn't cheap, and many working-class people simply cannot make enough money to pay the bills anymore.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Even though New Mexico has such a high poverty rate, Native American reservations still have poverty rates that are critically higher.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Though New Jersey may have a low poverty rate overall, this would be hard to believe for many people who live with the stigma associated with life in the inner city.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With the lowest poverty rate in the United States, New Hampshire must be doing something right. However, significant portions of some areas still experience poverty.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

The worst poverty rates are found in both the rural desert regions of Nevada, and the state's major cities, such as Las Vegas and Reno.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With such higher poverty rates being found in isolated rural areas and Native American reservations of Nebraska, it is clear that more economic development must occur.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

The needs of Native Americans in Montana receive consistently and considerably less attention than people in the rest of the state.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

A large area of rural Missouri has much higher poverty rates than the rest of the state. Are these rural communities and the people living in them being left to die?

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the country, and communities along the Mississippi River have the highest poverty rates in the state.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Though the poverty rate in Minnesota is one of the lowest in the United States, people in major cities and rural areas may find it hard to tell.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

The problem of widespread poverty in big cities is not solely due to a lack of income. It is that income simply isn't enough to pay the ever-rising cost of living.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Workers living in the major cities of Massachusetts are finding it harder to survive on the minimum wage in America's failing economy.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

When people living in severe poverty are isolated to one section of a large city or to some distant land in rural parts of the state, poverty multiplies and expands.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With such a clear line separating low and high poverty rates between coastal towns and more inland regions of Maine, more steps should be taken toward equality.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

An obvious inequality in education, jobs, and health care in Mississippi River towns and poor areas of major cities contributes to Louisiana's severely high poverty rate.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With so many of Kentucky's people in rural counties being left behind, it is clear that more has to be done to prevent huge areas of America from being forgotten.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

The poorest Americans living in major cities of Kansas do not get the same chances to succeed when they are packed into areas with low-quality education and health care.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

In a country where your best isn't good enough, and working full-time doesn't pay the bills, the working poor in urban areas of Iowa can't get by without assistance.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Working enough to pay the bills can actually be impossible for many poor people in Indiana cities without higher wages.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With the poorest people in Illinois separated from the rest of the state and secluded in specific areas of inner cities, poverty can only worsen and expand.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Counties and major cities may keep poverty rates close to the Idaho state average, but this isn't necessarily a good thing.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Hawaii has a low poverty rate when compared to the national average, but some urban-dwellers of cities like Hilo and Waipahu still have trouble affording food.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Georgia has one of the largest areas of severe poverty in the United States. This extreme isolation of the poorest Georgians can only make matters worse.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

An uncommonly high percentage of Florida's jobs are in retail due to the state's extensive tourist industry. Because of this, many urban residents fall into poverty.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Poverty in each of Delaware's three major cities remains significantly higher than the state's average.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

Though the overall poverty rate of Connecticut is low, it would be hard for some of the poorest residents of the state's major cities to ever tell.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

In some geographically isolated rural regions of the Rockies, hunger and poverty are very common. However, isolation from the rest of Colorado prevents action.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston

With 36 major cities experiencing critical poverty rates, and 4,800,000 people living in poverty in California, the state becomes a major target for relief organizations.

Jul 20, 2008 - David Boston