POVERTY OR PUBLIC RELATIONS? Brewed Fresh Daily says that Cleveland's "poorest city" ranking has produced "the worst Civic Strategies post on Cleveland", in which Otis White writes:

What's the worst news a city can receive? Here's a candidate: Learning that it's now considered the poorest big city in the country. Welcome to Cleveland.

It's become apparent in the past five days that Greater Cleveland has two kinds of people:

Those who think our "poverty problem" is that too many of our neighbors are poor; and

Those who think our "poverty problem" is publicity about the fact that too many of our neighbors are poor.

Which side are you on?