Poverty Among Plenty: Connecticut's Urban Failure

27 August 2002 - 12:00pm

Amisdt the nation's wealthiest state, Hartford struggles as one of its worst cities.

"Hartford's descent reflects the central conundrum of Connecticut, which has the nation's highest per capita income but also has a split-level economy of affluent suburbs and almost universally floundering cities. And its story sums up the question central to all of America's troubled cities: What role, if any, should their wealthy suburbs and state governments play in their recovery?"

Source: The New York Times, August 26, 2002
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