Not officially an article, but an interesting map that shows how much more or less money children earn than their parents just by growing up in a certain county. Although obviously an adult’s income is based off of more than just where their parents raised them, location plays a huge part of influencing that difference: from taxes to real estate value to quality of education. Since we focus on the effects of location on economics, and recently, the inequality of income, I thought it would be an interesting little wake up call–and it’s national, too, so we can compare how lucky/unlucky we’re projected to be with people from other states. You may also want to refer to it in your neighborhood project, if it applies.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/03/upshot/the-best-and-worst-places-to-grow-up-how-your-area-compares.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&abt=0002&abg=1