Years Of Economic Decline Leave One Third Of Atlantic City's Resident In Poverty

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - AUGUST 26: Families walk past an abandoned home after eating a free meal at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission on August 26, 2015 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After years of economic decline in Atlantic City, in 2014 some 8,000 people were layed-off when four of the city's major casinos closed, bringing Atlantic City's unemployment rate to more than 11 percent, double the national average. As unemployment assistance has begun to expire for many people, shelters like the Rescue Mission have seen a large jump in need. They serve upwards of 700 meals and house some 300 people a day, including many families. The mass unemployment has produced the highest foreclosure rate of any metropolitan U.S. area, with 1 out of 113 homes now in foreclosure in Atlantic County. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)