Toughest U.S. Cities To Live In

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson lost 5% of its population between 2010 and 2018. 29% of the population lives in poverty. The poverty in this city is so bad that the city itself threatened to simply turn off the water for everyone because of $45 million worth of unpaid water bills. Nothing came of the threat, thankfully. 

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