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Low-Income Friendships More Geographically Bound

Higher-income people's friendships are spread out across the country, while lower-income people's friends tend to be physically close to where they live; this physical proximity is part of why very low-income communities tend to be economically disconnected—low-income people are mostly friends with those around them, who are also low-income.

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Raj Chetty

Evidence Quote

that is actually part of the reason that very low-income communities tend to be more economically disconnected because low-income folks are just friends with those around them.

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Raj Chetty on Economic MobilityEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:35:10 AM

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