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The mayor is trying to attract new businesses to the inner city.
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As a 19-year-old from the inner city of Kansas City, Darrion Nimrod created The Outsiders Social Club as a safe space for young adults who were combating their mental health.
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Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
The old powers from the inner city — Crenshaw, Dorsey, Jefferson, Locke and Fremont — experienced big changes in demographics.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Charles Rangel, the US congressman from New York City’s Harlem who for four decades used his perch on the House tax-writing committee to advocate for inner cities and the people who live there, died on May 26 at 94.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
And so as the big grocery stores have closed in inner city neighborhoods, the dollar stores moved in.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
The old powers from the inner city — Crenshaw, Dorsey, Jefferson, Locke and Fremont — experienced big changes in demographics.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Charles Rangel, the US congressman from New York City’s Harlem who for four decades used his perch on the House tax-writing committee to advocate for inner cities and the people who live there, died on May 26 at 94.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
And so as the big grocery stores have closed in inner city neighborhoods, the dollar stores moved in.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Inner city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20city. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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