🗽 New York, a Global City

In a nutshell: New York is the largest city in the US, with around 8.8 million inhabitants — twice as many as the second largest city, Los Angeles. It consists of five boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

⚖️ Spatial & Social Disparities

• Spatial inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income and resources across different geographical areas.
• Social inequality is the condition in which people have unequal access to valued resources, services, and positions in society.

The Bronx

📊 Median: 43.000$

👔 Only 19% of the population have a college degree

💸 26.4% of the population is under the poverty line

🏙️ -> 83% of New York

Manhattan

⚪ White Majority (57.5%)

📊 Median: 98.000$

👔 1% won over 700.000$

💸 18.6% of the population is under the poverty line

🏙️ -> 1.6M of New York's inhabitants