Hang the Banner: Philly is No Longer America’s Poorest Big City

PHIL-A-DELPHIA FREEDOM! Free from the shackles of being America’s poorest big city, according to Nate File and John Duchneskie at the Inky:

Philadelphia is no longer the poorest big city in the United States. But there’s not much to celebrate in handing off that crown.

The city now has the second-greatest poverty rate among the 10 most populous U.S. cities, according to new data released Thursday by the Census Bureau…

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