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  2. Community areas in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago defined the community areas in the 1920s based on neighborhoods or groups of related neighborhoods within the city. In this effort it was led by sociologists Robert E. Park and Ernest Burgess , who believed that physical contingencies created areas that would inevitably form a ...

  3. Gentrification of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Gentrification, the process of altering the demographic and socioeconomic composition of a neighborhood usually by decreasing the percentage of low-income minority residents and increasing the percentage higher-income residents, [1] has been an issue between the residents of minority neighborhoods in Chicago who believe the influx of new residents destabilizes their communities, and the ...

  4. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The intersections of North Ave, Damen and Milwaukee in 2010 in Wicker Park Wrigley Field, from which Wrigleyville gets its name, is home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team. There are 178 official neighborhoods in Chicago. [1] Neighborhood names and identities have evolved due to real estate development and changing demographics. [2]

  5. 176K apply to Chicago's guaranteed income program - AOL

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  6. Altgeld Gardens Homes - Wikipedia

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    There is the highest percentage of people living in poverty and the lowest per capita income in the city. [7] In 2015, the community's per capita income was $11,515 compared to the poverty threshold of $12,082. [7] Numerous manufacturing plants, steel mills, landfills, and waste dumps border the 190 acre Altgeld Gardens site.

  7. Income segregation - Wikipedia

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    Income segregation in the US is a direct result of rising income inequality since the 1970s, where today the difference in income of a 90th percentile family is nearly ten-fold from a family of 10th percentile in income distribution, as opposed to a six-fold difference in 1970. [18]

  8. Chicago City Council to Vote on Universal Basic Income - AOL

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  9. Demographics of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The median income for a household in the city was $38,625 in 2000, and the median income for a family was $46,748. Males had a median income of $35,907 versus $30,536 for females. Below the poverty line were 19.6% of the population and 16.6% of the families.