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Some Orlando neighborhoods are struggling in important metrics that signify instability.
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For residents of Parramore and areas adjacent, poverty, high school dropout rates and vacancy rates are the highest in the region.
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These components combine to form an “instability index,” a measurement created by Buffalo Business First – an Orlando Business Journal sister newspaper – and follows a similar theory as Jimmy Carter’s misery index, according to Buffalo Business First.
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