Is Atlanta segregated? (East Point, College Park, North Druid Hills: neighborhood, high schools, universities)

[arjay57]

Just about every city is segregated and I don't see how Atlanta is significantly worse or better than anywhere else.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by jeoff

Link to more recent (2010) Atlanta map (someone else can insert the picture).

All sizes | Race and ethnicity 2010: Atlanta | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Changes from 2000: The north-eastern and north-western suburbs are more integrated. More integration/gentrification south of Dekalb ave. Overall Atlanta appears much more integrated than other cities.

Look at Hapeville and College Park with all them colors!

[jeoff]

Well, I guess I am just a "city half-integrated" sort of guy.

Seriously, a third to a half of the 2010 map for Atlanta appears pretty integrated to me. It is hard to tell from the resolution of the other maps, but only Miami appears close to that.

Originally Posted by arjay57

Just about every city is segregated and I don't see how Atlanta is significantly worse or better than anywhere else.

[tonygeorgia]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Look at Hapeville and College Park with all them colors!

Look at Marietta and 85n

[tonygeorgia]

Originally Posted by thatboybigbFL

Is Atlanta a very segregated city?

Why is Miami so segregated?

[ericsonga]

As intown Atlanta continues to gentrify I think you will see more and more segregation. In 10-20 years time most of the area north of I-20 will be rather homogeneous as well as a good chunk of south of I-20. Also, I think it will happen in the NE part of intown (Brookhaven, Chamblee). For example, just look at Lynwood Park. 10 years ago it was almost exclusively black. When Brookhaven started becoming desirable developers bought a large amount of the homes and knocked them down and built McMansions and are continuing as we speak. While I do not agree with it at all, I don't really know how to stop it.

I think Atlanta's standing as one of the least segregated cities is just because the city is in transition. 10-15 years ago the suburbs were close to lily white, and now people are moving in town. As this trend continues you will see the demographics continue to change.

[Ant131531]

Of course. This should come at no surprise to you at all. The only places you see integration is where mostly white and mostly black communities begin to meet. However, it is very tight contours and 5-10 miles up or down the road, it can be 80%+ white or 80%+ black.

[Zanarkand A East]

Do you mean where people live or where they play?

In the end, there are only city people and non-city people

[jeoff]

Intown will be segregated bcause of the large disparity in income between the folks moving in (upper middle-class whites, and the folks already there (lower middle class AA). The suburbs will be more integrated because there is little-to-no difference in income between the minorities moving in and the middle class whites already there. As the high end of income bell-curve includes more minorities, there may be more higher-income minorities moving into the gentrified intown areas.

Originally Posted by ericsonga

As intown Atlanta continues to gentrify I think you will see more and more segregation. In 10-20 years time most of the area north of I-20 will be rather homogeneous as well as a good chunk of south of I-20. Also, I think it will happen in the NE part of intown (Brookhaven, Chamblee). For example, just look at Lynwood Park. 10 years ago it was almost exclusively black. When Brookhaven started becoming desirable developers bought a large amount of the homes and knocked them down and built McMansions and are continuing as we speak. While I do not agree with it at all, I don't really know how to stop it.

I think Atlanta's standing as one of the least segregated cities is just because the city is in transition. 10-15 years ago the suburbs were close to lily white, and now people are moving in town. As this trend continues you will see the demographics continue to change.

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Look at Hapeville and College Park with all them colors!

Contrary to popular belief East Point, Hapeville, and College Park are all quite integrated and have been so since the early 80s. So is Clayton county.