10 Poorest Cities in America (How did it happen?)
City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level 1. Detroit , MI 32.5% 2. Buffalo , NY 29.9% 3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8% 4. Cleveland , OH 27.0% 5. Miami , FL 26.9% 5. St. Louis , MO 26.8% 7. El Paso , TX 26.4% 8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2% 9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1% 10. Newark , NJ 24.2% What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common? Detroit, MI - (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961 Buffalo, NY - (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954 Cincinnati, OH - (3rd) not since 1984 Cleveland, OH - (4th) not since 1989 Miami, FL - (5th) has never had a Republican mayor St. Louis, MO - (6th) not since 1949 El Paso, TX - (7th) has never had a Republican mayor Milwaukee, WI - (8th) not since 1908 Philadelphia, PA - (9th) not since 1952 Newark, NJ - (10th) not since 1907 Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats....... Yet they are still POORI bet you can't....lol
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Most of them are old industrial towns. And ever since NAFTA, US manufacturing has been sent overseas. US trade policy isn't decided by mayors. This doesn't mean that the Mayors of these towns are doing a particularly good job. It just means that the problem they're facing is a bit more complicated then nuguy can figure out.
Their explanations are far superior than your LAME post! Perhaps you could go a little more in-depth, and analyze WHY these cities elect mayors of color! 
St. Louis has one of the worst homicide rates in the nation. There aren't any jobs. Instead of getting a job, many young kids join gangs and deal drugs to make a living. The entire town resembles a failed state.
Tell me, nuguy, what the hell would you do to fix this and make St. Louis a great town to raise a family in? Suppose you were mayor. What would you do to fix that mess?
Though many cars were still assembled in Detroit, most of their parts were made overseas. Once I learned that, my patriotic duty to by American made cars ended.
It was at one time "Made in Japan" was considered shit and the world wanted "Made in the USA". Now most of what I see are the "Made in China", "Made in Mexico" and "Made in India". Even when I call customer service, I'm talking to someone from the Philippines. At one time a young man, after finishing High School could go to a local factory, find a start up job, work his way up, learn a trade and support himself, now there's no factories and only the local Subway....times, there are a changin.