Leslie Vasquez- What if Cities Are No Longer the Land of Opportunity for Low-Skilled Workers?

As of recently, economists have been claiming that cities are no longer offering "low-skill" jobs for people without an education. This is seen in the trends of wages given to those with and without an education; the gap is increasing tremendously. In the past, cities seemed like the place for people with no background of work/education to build from the ground up. However, it is only those with a college education getting the full experience of earning more money and having more opportunities. David Autor, an economist, says that the urban advantage that once existed for low-skilled workers is vanishing. 

This situation can relate to the Industrial Revolution in the sense that the poor were being deprived of choices and opportunities to succeed and earn what they could. It shows that the unevenness of salary has increased in subtle ways since. It does make sense that those with a college education earn more, in my opinion. However, cities shouldn't remove low-skilled jobs. Those jobs could benefit so many people who just want to survive or make some sort of money to live better than they used to. I want to hope that this doesn't become the case and that people who weren't able to get an education at least benefit from what we call a low-skill job in a city.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/upshot/big-cities-low-skilled-workers-wages.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FUnited%20States%20Economy&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=collection