Diversity in Denver

[Katiana]

Well, yeah, statistics can be misleading. I can tell you I notice a difference in Denver, Boulder, and Louisville, where my two daughters and I live, respectively. Denver is definitely the more diverse of the three. OTOH, my kids' school has 17% minorities, and the high school in my parent's district in suburban Pittsburgh has 2%.

[rumbero1972]

Does Denver has people from Central America,

[vegaspilgrim]

Originally Posted by rumbero1972

Does Denver has people from Central America,

Yes... on Colfax Ave you can find evidence of Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraugan, and Salvadorian businesses. I have no idea about the actual numbers. I'm pretty sure that most spanish-speaking immigrants are from Mexico, however some of them might actually be from Central America but just claim they are from Mexico. It can be a complicated subject.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by rumbero1972

Does Denver has people from Central America,

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (65%)
Vietnam (4%)
Germany (2%)
India (2%)
Canada (2%)
United Kingdom (1%)
Russia (1%)

From City-Data

[New2Den2008]

This is quite an interesting tread. My husband and I relocated to Denver 11 months ago because of a wonderful career opportunity for me. However, this diversity issue is causing us to seriously reconsider the wisdom of our decision. I have never known such a challenge connecting to the Africian American community, primarily because while the numbers demographically 11% Black population, it is hard as heck to find those 11%. The area is so large that the 11% feels more like less than 1% because you can't even find churches easily. None the less, it is a beautiful city, but we have determined it's time to build an exit strategy because of the diversity issue. Too bad we really hoped to make it work.

[wanttomoveeast]

New2Den: I see you are in Cherry Creek. That is not, I say not, a black area. No black churches there. Try to give it more time, I think one year is not enough time. I have friends who do the black church thing and I know they are here, unfortunately I'm not into that kind of thing so I can't tell you where to go. I'm sorry you are unhappy here. That's got to be hard, making a big move and then finding out you don't like it there. It's def. one of my fears. Where did you move from?

[Jerry Bckr]

Schools shouldn't be a problem in any of these areas. Denver isn't LA, sorry but that's the way it is. South Denver is more diversivied than the areas you mentioned, but it can be the most expensive of all the areas you tagged. Denver is just more expensive than the suburbs. Denver's taxes are lower but the housing cost are higher. Aurora, especially as you go from south to mid Aurora is more diversified but I don't know how far you want to drive. After LA it may seem a snap. Mike from back east, had a link about Highland/Tennyson, which I completely agree with, however, I think it's further north than what you may want.