You shouldn't have tried to bite off so much with one post.

Take "poor" for instance. If you go strictly by the census and their definition of the poverty level, you fail to take into account cost of living. Cost of living can be somewhat correlated with median income. Simply using the number of people with incomes below the poverty level can be quite misleading. You can imagine that in a high cost of living area, the poverty level should be much higher. You'd also have to correlate the numbers of illegals and other immigrants who don't speak English. There are many things that contribute to the poverty level. Standards of living might be a better criteria to use in making your case.

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