Geography
Spatial Segregation and Urban Inequality
Quick fact
In many cities, the neighborhood where you grow up has a measurable effect on your future income, and this effect is strongly tied to the degree of spatial segregation: children who grow up in more segregated, low-income areas are more likely to remain in poverty as adults.
Why this is interesting
Have you ever wondered why some neighborhoods in the same city feel like different worlds? Why do people with similar incomes and backgrounds seem to cluster together, and what does that clustering do to our society?