North shore suburbs with diverse residents

[SS77]

Originally Posted by chet everett

Sounds very colorful! Good luck! Let us know when you settle in.

Chet, thanks for the wishes, and the feedback

[Northwest Indiana]

Originally Posted by Bulok

Minorities who look for "diverse" neighbourhoods crack me up. I can understand when white people do it and want to be exposed to diversity but minorities who try to avoid homogenously white neighbourhoods are propagating the problem.

As an Asian who has grown up and continuously live in mainly white areas I have had no problems. Why not BE the diversity you are looking for? What are you afraid of? Start the trend.

A lot of minorities (especially Blacks) are harassed when they move into predominantly White neighborhoods especially if those neighborhoods are more working to middle class and populated by residents whom partook in White flight.

[knitgirl]

Originally Posted by Northwest Indiana

A lot of minorities (especially Blacks) are harassed when they move into predominantly White neighborhoods especially if those neighborhoods are more working to middle class and populated by residents whom partook in White flight.

That's not the North Shore.

[CBB_bear]

Originally Posted by Czem

Although Glencoe is a tolerant and open minded town, it is not very diverse. (I grew up there and currently live there with a child in the Glencoe schools). There's only a handful of Asian/South Asian families in town. A quick search on schooldigger.com reveals the Asian population at the various schools ranges from 2.8-4.8%. Not very noteworthy compared to other districts you may be looking at. However, Avoca 37 (feeds into New Trier) has one elementary school and one middle school with a combined Asian population of around 25%. As far as the number of Indian families in the district, I cannot speak for that but Avoca is an excellent district with much more ethnic (and likely economic) diversity compared to other districts that feed into New Trier.

GBN is also quite a good school. A larger Asian population (15%) than NT (5%), but not as large as Stavenson's (22%). Overall, I think you will be welcome in any of these North Shore communities, but some may lack in the type of diversity you are seeking. Best of luck to you and your family in your search!

I grew up in Wilmette, and I guess was kind of vaguely aware that Wilmette was slightly more diverse than the other NT towns, but I just looked up the demographics, and whoa, it's pretty starkly the only town with any diversity at all that feeds into NT. For example, Wilmette is 85% white and ~11% Asian. Kennilworth is 97% and ~1% Asian. Winnetka and Glencoe are ~3% Asian.