Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The bad news is....

The 10 Least Educated Cities In America

1. Beaumont, Texas
2. Salinas, California
3. Rockford, Illinois
4. Brownsville, Texas
5. Modesto, California
6. Visalia, California
7. Bakersfield, California
8. Lakeland, Florida
9. McAllen, Texas
10. Fresno, California

~Forbes <--- click dat foo'

Brownsville named the poorest city in America

By Craig Hlavaty | October 30, 2013

According to U.S. Census Bureau data and economic website 24/7 Wall St., two of the poorest cities in the nation are in Texas.

Data shows that the Brownsville-Harlingen area has overtaken McAllen as the poorest city in the country, putting them in the first and second spots.

Rounding out the poorest top five cities are Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Dalton, Ga., and Gadsden, Ala.

The richest city in the country is California's San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area. Other cities the richest top five include Boston, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Bridgeport, Conn.

Of the Brownsville-Harlingen area's 415,557 residents, 36 percent live below the poverty level, compared to just 10.8 percent in San Jose. Texas' overall poverty rate is 17 percent. In Brownsville, 22 percent of the population has only a high school diploma or other equivalent certificate. 37 percent do not have a high school diploma.

Houston Chronicle <--- click dat too foo'

And still as or more apathetic as the rest of the country