Wealth Disparity in Atlanta

As a lifelong resident of the metro-Atlanta area, it is not news to me that there is a giant amount of wealth disparity in and around the city. We have Bankhead, which is famous nation-wide for being one of the filthiest, most ghetto, crime-ridden areas in the country. In Bankhead there is a considerable amount of housing projects and public housing, all of which are riddled with crime and poverty. Then on the opposite side of the spectrum, we have Buckhead, which is one of the nicest, richest and most extravagant areas in the Southeast. Buckhead is a small city in and of itself, which small sky-scrapers and its own downtown district just north of downtown Atlanta. Near downtown Buckhead is Westminster, which is the nicest (and most expensive) private school in Georgia. Around Buckhead is a large area of gigantic mansions, each more lavish and spacious than the one before. Our poor are extremely poor, and our rich are extremely rich. I believe that it is easy for the rich to become richer and almost impossible for the poor to gain any sort of meaningful wealth in America today. For these reasons, I support certain aspects of the Occupy Wall Street movement and believe that wealth disparity in Atlanta and all across America is an issue worth discussing.