The battle for the future is a battle for the inner city. Huffington Post:
Few cities in the U.S. embody the growing divide between rich and poor quite like New York and San Francisco. In just the past 20 years, both have changed from economically diverse melting pots to exclusive playgrounds for the rich.
The change is clear in striking new visualizations from the U.S. Census Bureau, crunching data from its latest American Community Survey of population and income.
The rich will enjoy all of the benefits of density, while the poor suffer all of the disasters of sprawl. The past completely failed to see the present urban situation. What is happening in reality is the exact opposite of what happened in the film Escape from New York.
