America's 'poorest large city' is now booming with 'gawking tourists'

San Antonio has long been known as one of the most impoverished big cities in the America and leaders have been trying to pull it out of .

These efforts have largely involved gentrification - trying to attract big business to improve the labor market and initiatives to redistribute city tax dollars to the poorest neighborhoods.

Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who took office in 2017, said San Antonio has between the richest (disproportionately white) and the poorest (mostly Latino) citizens faster than any other city.

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