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Title: Readers choose Tulsa as best US city for philanthropy
Post by: Hoss on December 06, 2018, 03:35:19 pm
Can't say I was surprised.

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Readers-Pick-Tulsa-as-Best/245198


Title: Re: Readers choose Tulsa as best US city for philanthropy
Post by: Conan71 on December 06, 2018, 03:45:41 pm
Here's a startling piece of info when you put it in perspective of the population difference between Tulsa and NYC (from Hoss' article):

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Giving to Tulsa’s United Way reached almost $26 million last year, just $5 million shy of the giving total to the United Way of New York City — even though metro Tulsa’s population doesn’t even top 1 million.


Title: Re: Readers choose Tulsa as best US city for philanthropy
Post by: TheArtist on December 06, 2018, 07:46:07 pm
Here's a startling piece of info when you put it in perspective of the population difference between Tulsa and NYC (from Hoss' article):


Are there that many poor people in need in NYC?  Some poor hipster needs rental help with his tiny, million dollar apartment?



Title: Re: Readers choose Tulsa as best US city for philanthropy
Post by: Townsend on December 07, 2018, 11:23:30 am
Are there that many poor people in need in NYC?  Some poor hipster needs rental help with his tiny, million dollar apartment?



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Title: Re: Readers choose Tulsa as best US city for philanthropy
Post by: Conan71 on December 07, 2018, 11:56:11 am
Are there that many poor people in need in NYC?  Some poor hipster needs rental help with his tiny, million dollar apartment?




Careful.  Your inner Republican is showing!

By the numbers you would think NYC's needs would be much, much higher.  There again, the cost of living is so high that people may not have the left over disposable income for charity.


Title: Re: Readers choose Tulsa as best US city for philanthropy
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on December 07, 2018, 12:33:14 pm

Careful.  Your inner Republican is showing!

By the numbers you would think NYC's needs would be much, much higher.  There again, the cost of living is so high that people may not have the left over disposable income for charity.


Here is some info for them.  64,000 or so.  Seems like a lot.   Don't we have a few hundred?


http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/basic-facts-about-homelessness-new-york-city/



Title: Re: Readers choose Tulsa as best US city for philanthropy
Post by: TheArtist on December 07, 2018, 03:45:21 pm

Careful.  Your inner Republican is showing!

By the numbers you would think NYC's needs would be much, much higher.  There again, the cost of living is so high that people may not have the left over disposable income for charity.

Now just a minute.  Some of my liberal friends who live in liberal, higher taxed states, would say they give plenty via their taxes.  They would argue that they get better results giving the way they do, through taxes.  The one exception may be when their taxes go to Oklahoma.  ;)