Rich and the Poor , living together

[packman]

An interactive map showing each counties Gini coefficient, which is a statistical measure of the gap between the rich and the poor. The index is based on a scale from 0 to 1, where 0 represents total equality and 1 represents total inequality. The deeper the red color, the greater the gap. You would expect bright red areas in city and urban areas, but there are some surprises.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/most-unequal-counties-in-america_n_5860964.html

[cali]

1. I knew Fairfield County would be the one of the most unequal

it's a disgraceful mix of some of the wealthiest people in this country (Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien) and some of the poorest (Bridgeport).

[Nye Bevan]

2. Isn't the "disgrace" more the poverty of the people in places like Bridgeport

than the fact that there are rich people and poor people living in the same county?

Would things be any less "disgraceful" if the rich towns were segregated into a separate county, which would result in a drastically lower inequality score both for this new county and the remaining rump of Fairfield County?

[cali]

3. you're right. it would be even worse if lower fairfield was its own county

but no, the disgrace isn't solely about the poverty in Bridgeport; it's also in the obscene wealth in places like Greenwich, which has more Hedge Fund Managers per capita than any place on earth. There is something obscene about that kind of wealth and the insular, arrogant qualities it engenders. Having grown up there, I'm all too familiar with it.