Toronto's poverty problem
Have any of you seen the riding stats for the Ontario election?
One thing that stands out is how poor the City of Toronto is compared to the outter suburbs. I have brought this up before I know. But I think this is a sad trend, that Toronto is poorer while the outter areas are getting richer.
We are starting to see the kind of segregation of incomes that we did not see in the 416. In the 416 the inner city and suburbs always mixed incomes and seemed to keep the old city pretty equal with the suburbs on income levels.
But now that has gone out the door with the 905.
Your views on this? Do you think this is an issue? Do you think Toronto residents are just fine and that the lower median incomes just points to the more mixed incomes in Toronto compared to the 905 which does not support low income residents?
Why has Toronto gone poor? Most of the city is normal middle class suburbs that at one time housed the equal to what 905 families today are.
It is pretty bad, that most ridings in Toronto have median family incomes in the 40,000-50,000 range. While the 905 has almost all their ridings with family incomes above 65,000.
The common thought is that people move to the outter suburbs for cheaper housing. But really, the people living in 905 are so much more well off then 416ers.
Maybe that is why TTC ridership is so high in Toronto. We are to poor to drive.
Anyway lets hear our views on the poor city, rich 905 divide that seems to be happening. And this is not the inner suburbs pulling the incomes down. Inner City Toronto ridings for the most part have the same family income levels as the inner suburbs.
One other thing that stands out is just how much renters Toronto has. Even in the suburban 416 ridings, as much as half of the residents are renters in many areas. This in contrast to the 905 where owners make up as much as 90% of the residents in many ridings.
It should also be noted that in City of Toronto reports the divide between 416 and 905 income levels is listed as an issue, and that the city is getting poorer as the outter regions are getting richer.
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Miketoronto
Last edited by miketoronto; Sep 20, 2007 at 11:21 PM.
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