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Face of US poverty: These days, more poor live in suburbs than in cities

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Face of US poverty: These days, more poor live in suburbs than in cities (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Joey Gamilla, who is unemployed, sits at his computer in his apartment in Naperville, Ill. He was a middle-income homeowner when he was laid off in 2008.(Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff) Marcus Thomas, a lanky, unemployed construction worker, says he…

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