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NEW YORK TIMES

Editorial

Published: August 30, 2006

If you're still harboring the notion that the economy is "good," prepare to
be disabused.
Even the best number from yesterday's Census Bureau report for 2005 is bad
news for most Americans. It shows that median income rose 1.1 percent last
year, to $46,326, the first increase since it peaked in 1999. But the entire
increase is attributable to the 23 million households headed by someone over
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View Article  Indianapolis, Atlanta, Dallas Post Top Metro Foreclosure Rates
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Sun and Rust Belt Cities Dominate Remainder of Nation's Top 10
New Orleans and Boston Among Cities With Lowest Foreclosure Rates
Indianapolis, Atlanta and Dallas posted the nation's three highest
metropolitan foreclosure rates in the first quarter of 2006, according to
the RealtyTracT U.S. Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, which ranks the
foreclosure rates of the 100 largest metropolitan areas.

Cities in the Sun Belt and Rust Belt generally had the highest foreclosure
rates in the first ...   more »