* West Flanders and Flemish Brabant have the lowest AROPE rates in Belgium, with 9.4% and 9.5% respectively.
* Brussels and Hainaut have the highest AROPE rates, with 38.8% and 30.2% respectively.
* Poverty rates are also very strongly correlated with education level: whereas only 8.7% of highly-educated people experience poverty and social exclusion, this is the case for 36.8% of lowly-educated people
I have observed the excellent way in which both politicians and middle management solves these kinds of problems, and I present to you the easy solution: let’s merge Brussels and Vlaams Brabant into a new province Brabant Central/Midden Brabant, and merge West Flanders and Hainaut into a new province L’Ouest/’t Westen. This will significantly reduce the (measured) highest risk of poverty and social exclusion, earning me my well-deserved bonus.
What really surprise me is the position on Walloon Brabant… its one of the richest et most educated part of Belgium… this map seems a bit wierd to me.
Hainaut continuing the long lasting tradition of ruining every single national statistics
Just leave wallonia at this point, there is no future here. I am Walloon and desperate.
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Hell yeah West-Flanders has one of the lowest rating cause we evade taxes the most 🎉🎉🎉
I think the saddest part is that my parents were poor and now I too.
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[New figures around poverty, social exclusion and material deprivation](https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/households/poverty-and-living-conditions/risk-poverty-or-social-exclusion) have been released by Statbel.
* West Flanders and Flemish Brabant have the lowest AROPE rates in Belgium, with 9.4% and 9.5% respectively.
* Brussels and Hainaut have the highest AROPE rates, with 38.8% and 30.2% respectively.
* Poverty rates are also very strongly correlated with education level: whereas only 8.7% of highly-educated people experience poverty and social exclusion, this is the case for 36.8% of lowly-educated people
Brussels… this is depressing.
the new Mons trainstation… [+300 million euros](https://www.rtbf.be/article/gare-de-mons-huit-ans-de-retard-et-un-budget-multiplie-par-dix-10598690) well spent.. (and still far from finished).. -_-‘
the new Liege trainstation… another [+300 million euros](https://eiffagebenelux.be/fr/references/gare-des-guillemins-a-liege/) well spent..
[more reading](https://trends.knack.be/nieuws/wil-vlaanderen-een-kadaver-aan-zijn-voordeur/)
I have observed the excellent way in which both politicians and middle management solves these kinds of problems, and I present to you the easy solution: let’s merge Brussels and Vlaams Brabant into a new province Brabant Central/Midden Brabant, and merge West Flanders and Hainaut into a new province L’Ouest/’t Westen. This will significantly reduce the (measured) highest risk of poverty and social exclusion, earning me my well-deserved bonus.
What really surprise me is the position on Walloon Brabant… its one of the richest et most educated part of Belgium… this map seems a bit wierd to me.
Hainaut continuing the long lasting tradition of ruining every single national statistics
Just leave wallonia at this point, there is no future here. I am Walloon and desperate.
West Vlaanderen left the chat
Hell yeah West-Flanders has one of the lowest rating cause we evade taxes the most 🎉🎉🎉
I think the saddest part is that my parents were poor and now I too.
Wish intergenerational stuff wasnt true but heck