Poor or lower Middle Class Whites (Inglewood, Manhattan Beach: equity, mcmansion, income)

[cynwldkat]

In the mountains and desert!

[AKA:DesertRat]

Originally Posted by scottl333

Where in L.A. do they live?

I know it's not proper etiquette to answer a question with questions but I can't stop myself. Scott: Do you seek them or seek to avoid them? Is this a demographic study or do you have a tractor-trailer load of Beer-Nuts you want to unload? I jest but I'm serious; I'm curious!

[CESpeed]

Originally Posted by scottl333

Where in L.A. do they live?

Since the San Fernando Valley is still legally L.A., the SFValley. It's called "white flight". They didn't want to live with the Blacks (and now Hispanics) so they all ran to the Valley.

[SandyCo]

Originally Posted by CESpeed

Since the San Fernando Valley is still legally L.A., the SFValley. It's called "white flight". They didn't want to live with the Blacks (and now Hispanics) so they all ran to the Valley.

Hmm, I don't know. 98% of the people I went to high school with were white (I grew up in La Crescenta), and most of them moved to Santa Clarita if they stayed in Southern California at all. I'm only here because I'm paying $1002/month for a two-bedroom apartment. Rent control is both a blessing and a curse!

However, maybe the white folks I went to school with can be thought of as more middle or even middle-upper class. Then again, I purposely didn't keep in touch with anyone from that era, so I could be talking nonsense.

Besides, the SF Valley is very diverse. I found this interesting information from 2004 (a little dated, but it still works):

http://www.csun.edu/sfverc/Data/2004ethnic.html

[Charles]

Originally Posted by CESpeed

Since the San Fernando Valley is still legally L.A., the SFValley. It's called "white flight". They didn't want to live with the Blacks (and now Hispanics) so they all ran to the Valley.

I think that demographic movement happened in the 1950s; (followed by a similar "white flight" to Simi Valley in the 1970s as a result of busing.)

Besides, the SF Valley has become a lot less white since I was a kid there in the 1960s and 1970s.

What's bizarre is that the valley still probably averages in the $400K - $500K range for houses. Hard to reconcile that with "Poor or Middle Class" anybody.

[Baldy]

What's deceiving about the thread title is the class thing. There are two classes in America now: The Rich and the Not Rich. The new middle-class is your "civil servants" who make more than most of the people they serve. Since this new middle-class didn't earn their spot, ignore them.

That said, if you want to find Not Rich whites in California, first look at the city-data stats for California and realize that the state is like 35% white (add in tens of millions of illegals) or less. Of that 35%, subtract Jews and whoever else is classified as white, but not really.

So you have maybe 10% of California that's "white". Now what? Is the op suggesting that all the working class whites, the very backbone of America, has left California? He's right. They did. Look at California now! What a wasteland!

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Baldy

...subtract Jews and whoever else is classified as white, but not really.

Is this really true?

[calipoppy]

Originally Posted by scottl333

Where in L.A. do they live?

They've all moved to Oregon, Eastern Washington State and Idaho (half joking/half serious)

[Baldy]

Originally Posted by Charles

Is this really true?

Yes, it is. The most obvious is the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. There you will see people of every race listed as white. Bin Laden was even listed as white for awhile, but that didn't last long. Bin Laden is closer to the Jew than the Jew is to white.

If the crime stats are that twisted, imagine how far off the population stats are. I also have to laugh at how the whites are maligned for all the non-whites woes, when the majority of slum lords and sweatshop owners are non-white (but classified as such).

[jayolm]

I agree with bhcompy; definetely Lakewood and Bellflower. Also the more run-down apartments and condos of Cypress, Huntington Beach, and Costa Mesa.