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View Poll Results: Houston, LA, or Chicago? for melting pot diverstiy.
Houston 27 19.57%
Los Angeles 56 40.58%
Chicago 55 39.86%
Voters: 138. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-30-2008, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Los Angeles wins, they have too much of everything...in a good way...
Last time I checked...
Houston and Chicago didn't have an offical:
Thai Town
Little Tokyo
Little Armenia
Little Phnom Penh
etc...
All of them are diverse, I just think LA wins...by quite a bit...
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Old 09-30-2008, 09:02 PM
 
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I only see two options: Chicago or Los Angeles. I voted for Chicago.

I live in Los Angeles now but was born and raised in Chicago. The weather is easier in LA, but everything else is just so much harder. I'm already dreading my commute tomorrow

In other words, the two cities in this poll are very different from one another. Culture, lifestyle, everything. In terms of what you get in each city, I'd honestly have to say that against all my expectations and previously held prejudices, Los Angeles does not have as much as Chicago. Chicago sees so much more foot traffic, so stores and nightlife thrive in a way it simply cannot in SoCal.

On the other hand, I can't express my joy at weekend trips to places like San Diego
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Old 09-30-2008, 09:06 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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I only see two options: Chicago or Los Angeles. I voted for Chicago.

I live in Los Angeles now but was born and raised in Chicago. The weather is easier in LA, but everything else is just so much harder. I'm already dreading my commute tomorrow

In other words, the two cities in this poll are very different from one another. Culture, lifestyle, everything. In terms of what you get in each city, I'd honestly have to say that against all my expectations and previously held prejudices, Los Angeles does not have as much as Chicago. Chicago sees so much more foot traffic, so stores and nightlife thrive in a way it simply cannot in SoCal.

On the other hand, I can't express my joy at weekend trips to places like San Diego

did you not read what the OP said it's about which city has the most diversity not what city is better.
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Old 09-30-2008, 09:11 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I only see two options: Chicago or Los Angeles. I voted for Chicago.

I live in Los Angeles now but was born and raised in Chicago. The weather is easier in LA, but everything else is just so much harder. I'm already dreading my commute tomorrow

In other words, the two cities in this poll are very different from one another. Culture, lifestyle, everything. In terms of what you get in each city, I'd honestly have to say that against all my expectations and previously held prejudices, Los Angeles does not have as much as Chicago. Chicago sees so much more foot traffic, so stores and nightlife thrive in a way it simply cannot in SoCal.

On the other hand, I can't express my joy at weekend trips to places like San Diego
because those are the only two cities with large diversity???????
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Old 09-30-2008, 09:51 PM
 
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Diversity's overrated. I've never once said "Gosh, I'm sure going to wander down to my street and enjoy me some diversity!"

What matters more is diversity of availability
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Old 09-30-2008, 10:07 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Diversity's overrated. I've never once said "Gosh, I'm sure going to wander down to my street and enjoy me some diversity!"

What matters more is diversity of availability
Oh so if Chicago was 95% white and Los Angeles was 99% Hispanic...do you think they'd still be as world class and great as they are today???
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Old 09-30-2008, 10:13 PM
 
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Oh so if Chicago was 95% white and Los Angeles was 99% Hispanic...do you think they'd still be as world class and great as they are today???
Absolutely. Hong Kong is 95% Chinese but that doesn't mean it's not a "world class city."

Just because a city is 95% white doesn't mean it's not diverse. Those white people could be English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Greek, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, and on and on.
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Old 09-30-2008, 10:21 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Absolutely. Hong Kong is 95% Chinese but that doesn't mean it's not a "world class city."

Just because a city is 95% white doesn't mean it's not diverse. Those white people could be English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Greek, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, and on and on.
A city with a population over 2.5 million people with 95% white population, but yet its diverse?? and to add on to that, it's in the United states of America. your not making sense.
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Old 09-30-2008, 10:47 PM
 
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A city with a population over 2.5 million people with 95% white population, but yet its diverse?? and to add on to that, it's in the United states of America. your not making sense.
You clearly have only one definition of "diverse" and that is skin color. And you write as if English isn't your native language so maybe you're a little more sensitive to this than most people.

But there's more to being diverse than having a different skin color.

And yes, if 95% of the population is white but those white people come from 20 different countries with 20 different languages and cultures, yes I would consider that diverse. Who wouldn't?

But I'm curious. What city in the U.S. has over 2.5 million people and is 95% white??
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Old 09-30-2008, 11:32 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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You clearly have only one definition of "diverse" and that is skin color. And you write as if English isn't your native language so maybe you're a little more sensitive to this than most people.

But there's more to being diverse than having a different skin color.

And yes, if 95% of the population is white but those white people come from 20 different countries with 20 different languages and cultures, yes I would consider that diverse. Who wouldn't?

But I'm curious. What city in the U.S. has over 2.5 million people and is 95% white??
You said if Chicago was 95% white, it could still be diverse and I didn't know this was english class....
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