it s got a a per capita income of $33,000. it s something of a vacation town, a weekend getaway for people in chicago. it s not purely that but that s what it is. that s st. joseph s. benton harbor is its twin, population not quite 11,000 approaching 90% african-american where st. joseph is nearly 90% white. per capita income in benton harbor last estimate is less than one-third of its twin across the river in st. joe and benton harbor per capita income is just over $10,000. which is very, very low. even the people who love benton harbor, michigan will tell you benton harbor has not got much. we tend to talk about places like braddock, pennsylvania or flint, michigan but we should also talk about benton harbor. you can find every last social ill that goes with industrial collapse right here. failing schools, crime, high unemployment, polluted land, corrupt government.
southeast, and then northeast. about 100 miles you get to a part of michigan, the twin cities. some times they call them the little twin cities because these twins are not nearly so big as the big twin cities in minnesota. they re also not nearly so the twin. this one, saint joseph, michigan, home to 8,500 or so people, nearly 90% white, got a per capita income of $33,000, something of a vacation town. a weekend get away for people in chicago. not purely that, but that is some of what it is. saint joseph. north across the saint joseph river, benton harbor, population not quite $11,000. benton harbor, approaching 90% african-american. saint joseph is nearly 90 white. per capita income, last estimation is less than a third of its twin across the river in saint joe. benton harbor per capita income is just over $10,000. which is very, very low. even the people who love benton harbor, michigan will tell you benton harbor has not got much.