The digital divide is, unfortunately, alive and well in the US.
It's already understood that rural Americans have a harder time accessing the internet - and have to deal with slower speeds where it is available - than those living in cities. But, while things are improving, urban-dwelling Americans aren't totally online either: Nearly a quarter of the city-dwelling population in the US isn't connected to broadband internet, according to a $4 charted for us by $4.
To be clear, the US is doing a better job at making the internet available to its urban population than many other large nations. But the disconnect that does exist is what happens when you mix the relatively $4 with the number of lower-income people living in cities in the first place. As the study notes, this simply makes it difficult for those people to participate in society at the same level.
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