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Signs of economic instability emerge in Oakland County, one of Michigan’s wealthiest

  • Written by Grigoris Argeros, Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University
imageOakland County is known for its affluence, but some of its communities are experiencing changes in socioeconomic status.Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oakland County, home to nearly 1.3 million residents, ranks among Michigan’s wealthiest counties.

But that description does not tell the whole story.

Since 2020, Oak...

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