<span>Something like depressed or </span><span>serious.</span>
Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
The best answer is "<span>been steadily increasing" - since 2000, the financial crisis has taken its tool and more and more people are living in poverty. A big part of the phenomenon are poor neighbourhoods - the number of people living in poor neighbourhoods has increased by around 5 million people since 200. </span>