Where kids live determines whether they realize American Dream
“Where someone grows up has a lot to do with where that person ends up, according to newly released research that followed young people from birth to their mid- to late 30s. Consider two children living in poverty as little as a mile apart. One of them is growing up in a low-income neighborhood, the other in a better-off area. Although they both start at the same level of poverty, the child who comes of age in the less-poor community will make more money in life than the child who spends her life in the low-income area.”