The video "Poverty's new address in America" followed the stories of two different families and their struggles to survive in the suburbs in America. Even though many people, including myself, believe that most people in the United States that are suffering with poverty live in big cities, I was surprised to find out that a majority actually live in the suburbs similar to my own town. Some things that I learned from this video are that America's suburbs are home to its biggest and fastest growing poor population. Suburbs are actually suffering more than cities. The suburbs attract immigrants whose poverty rate is higher than the native born American. (51% of immigrants live in the suburbs) The poor stay in the suburbs because of safety, better schools, and more affordable housing.
I wonder why it seems that poverty is less noticeable in the suburbs even though it seems to be becoming more prevalent. Even though we really don't recognize poverty as much in the suburbs as we do in say New York city, the percentages of people having to live in poverty don't lie. The poverty rate has increased a significant amount due to the recession and many people, just like the ones in this video are severely struggling to survive; many without getting any income at all.
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