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Exacerbating the problem, public transportation linkages were typically weak — often thanks to policies that kept inner city residents out of the suburbs by design — and only six percent of welfare recipients owned a car.
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Alex Park / Made By History, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
As a result, two-thirds of new jobs were in the suburbs, while three-quarters of welfare recipients lived in inner cities or rural areas.
—Alex Park / Made By History, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
Marina City has an important place in post-war architecture as one of the first major urban residential developments and is credited with sparking a return to residential life in U.S. inner cities.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Discrimination, of course, remains a substantial barrier for racial minorities, especially in employment and particularly for young African Americans from the inner cities, who are frequently the targets of stereotyping.
—Fredrick C. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2015
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Alex Park / Made By History, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
As a result, two-thirds of new jobs were in the suburbs, while three-quarters of welfare recipients lived in inner cities or rural areas.
—Alex Park / Made By History, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
Marina City has an important place in post-war architecture as one of the first major urban residential developments and is credited with sparking a return to residential life in U.S. inner cities.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Discrimination, of course, remains a substantial barrier for racial minorities, especially in employment and particularly for young African Americans from the inner cities, who are frequently the targets of stereotyping.
—Fredrick C. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2015
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“Inner city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20city. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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