Segregation problem in Dallas or not???

[Dora Milaje]

Originally Posted by Grainraiser

For the most part people choose were they live based on economics rather than race.

If I can add to that:

This is not Washington, DC. This is not Atlanta. There is no middle-class black neighborhood here, not unless you want to count Oak Cliff (and that's stretching it). There is diversity here - you'll find pockets of working and middle class blacks in neighborhoods here - but if you're planning to live in a neighborhood that's majority black, I suggest you get adjusted to a subpar way of life. Not from the neighbors or anything like that, but from the schools, the neighborhoods, the police (911 is a joke in Dallas), and so on. Blunt talk, but that's just the way it is. Believe me, it pained me to move out of my neighborhood and into the suburbs (if you can call Mesquite a suburb), but what the hell do you do, you know? I applaud and respect the people who "stick it out." What I condemn is the city and the politicians and the powers that be who aren't giving them jack crap to show for it.

What drives me so crazy is that there are beautiful homes for dirt cheap in those neighborhoods that have been sitting on the market since God was a corporal. I was looking at an amazing house for about $25K that was built in 2005, nearly 1600 square feet. But the neighborhood is appalling. It makes no sense and frustrates me so much! If the city would actually invest in these neighborhoods (and especially the schools), the property values would probably go up and make the neighborhoods viable places to be. Instead, we have places that got like...halfway through gentrification, and then the powers that be just said, "screw it, life's too short."

I would stick with Grainraiser's advice. Shop with your pockets, not your skin tone. And I apologize for such a controversial first post. I'm house hunting, and I'm more than a little ticked off at the differences in the homes and neighborhoods.