Middle class workforce being priced out of America's major cities

"Many of the middle- and working-class neigh­borhoods that long have served as the ballast and supplied the work­force for a diverse urban economy are systematically being undermined. Teachers, firemen, and police officers struggle to afford homes in many American cities, according to a study from Trulia. This pricing-out also applies to many skilled blue-collar professions like technicians, construction workers, and mechanics. Inclusive eco­nomic growth is now all too rarely found in American metropolitan areas, and virtually never in the most elite."

The New Shame of Our Cities
by Joel Kotkin
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/the-new-shame-of-our-cities/?fbclid=IwAR1Y9aAZipxp0IPZQQWE7aOqoYhA-9nVe9KbG24O1mMwL7hlLWHfpQEeKoo