Detroit beats Cleveland

Cincinnati Post: Cleveland is no longer the poorest big city in America. Detroit, once the symbol of America's manufacturing prowess, is now saddled with that unfortunate distinction.
That, at any rate, is the word from the Census Bureau, which this week released a thoroughly depressing report detailing income, poverty and health insurance for 2004.
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The Wall Street Journal's analysis of the report included a telling observation: The percentage of income going to the top 20 percent of households rose to 50,1 percent last year, matching the high recorded in 2001. In other words, the rich are getting a little richer, and everyone else is either sinking or treading water...
The widening gap between the very wealthy and everyone else is unsustainable.