Johns Creek is the most ethnically diverse city in our metro (Atlanta: real estate, tenants)

[ATLTJL]

So says WalletHub.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/georg...ad2GdONFJv01N/

[arjay57]

Pretty neat, and really not all that surprising. The ATL suburbs continue to become increasingly sophisticated.

[ATLTJL]

I'm not surprised either. Because it looks like WalletHub is using the actual definition of diversity, not the meaning people often assign to it here.

I still would have thought Duluth or Suwanee would score higher, but the data is the data.

I don't know if I'd necessarily agree that diversity is always synonymous with sophistication, but your point is taken.

[DreamerD]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

I'm not surprised either. Because it looks like WalletHub is using the actual definition of diversity, not the meaning people often assign to it here.

I still would have thought Duluth or Suwanee would score higher, but the data is the data.

I don't know if I'd necessarily agree that diversity is always synonymous with sophistication, but your point is taken.

I was a little surprised. I thought it would have been Clarkston.


Yeah, when I saw that word used I wasn't sure if maybe there was another way to use sophistication that I am unaware of. It's kind of like in real estate when they say, "These properties tend to draw higher quality tenants." It means higher income but the way it's worded can mean higher income individuals=higher quality (better character) people, which is obviously derogatory towards poor/working class/middle class.



For now I'll assume there is another definition to sophistication that I am unaware of because I don't like to make assumptions.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by DreamerD

Yeah, when I saw that word used I wasn't sure if maybe there was another way to use sophistication that I am unaware of. It's kind of like in real estate when they say, "These properties tend to draw higher quality tenants." It means higher income but the way it's worded can mean higher income individuals=higher quality (better character) people, which is obviously derogatory towards poor/working class/middle class.

I believe in this context, "sophisticated" does not really apply to economics, smarter, higher quality people. To me, it is akin to saying "my Mac is more sophisticated than my calculator." It is more complex. It is more built out. It is more developed. It is more functional.

That's my interpretation of the word's use in arjay's thread. And he would be right - the burbs are becoming more complex, more built, with more living options, more amenities and more opportunities than previously. I don't think that means the folks in the burbs are more sophisticated than the folks intown, by any stretch of the imagination.

[DreamerD]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

I believe in this context, "sophisticated" does not really apply to economics, smarter, higher quality people. To me, it is akin to saying "my Mac is more sophisticated than my calculator." It is more complex. It is more built out. It is more developed. It is more functional.

That's my interpretation of the word's use in arjay's thread. And he would be right - the burbs are becoming more complex, more built, with more living options, more amenities and more opportunities than previously. I don't think that means the folks in the burbs are more sophisticated than the folks intown, by any stretch of the imagination.

Good...glad I didn't assume. Between you and me, I was going to do a thread on the forum about how people imagine others on the Atlanta forum. My first post would have been that I secretly confuse you and Arjay but I don't want to get off topic and so perhaps one day.

[chiatldal]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

I'm not surprised either. Because it looks like WalletHub is using the actual definition of diversity, not the meaning people often assign to it here.

I still would have thought Duluth or Suwanee would score higher, but the data is the data.

I don't know if I'd necessarily agree that diversity is always synonymous with sophistication, but your point is taken.

Wonder what's the criteria because

Duluth 2010
48.7% White,
20.2% African American
22.3% Asian
14.0% Hispanic

Mean while Johns Creek 2010
63.5 percent White;
23.4 percent Asian
9.2 percent African American;
5.2 percent Hispanic

Duluth overtly does seem it be a lot more diverse. Duluth is minority majority or no majority with 3 groups above 20%, and 4 above 10%

While John Creek does have a majority group white at 63% and only 1 other group above 10%.

Either the recent estimates for demographics change drastically since 2010, or either they are using a weird metric. Maybe there throwing some weird monkey ranch like age, income or something. cause base ethnicity, religion, Nationality and etc. It's very off. I wouldn't say "WalletHub" is using the actual definition of diversity, they using some weird metric and this publication is misleading. but I don't know.

[ATLTJL]

I think they are probably drilling down to ethnicities at a more granular level than the big 4.

[citidata18]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

Wonder what's the criteria because

Duluth 2010
48.7% White,
20.2% African American
22.3% Asian
14.0% Hispanic

Mean while Johns Creek 2010
63.5 percent White;
23.4 percent Asian
9.2 percent African American;
5.2 percent Hispanic

Duluth overtly does seem it be a lot more diverse. Duluth is minority majority or no majority with 3 groups above 20%, and 4 above 10%

While John Creek does have a majority group white at 63% and only 1 other group above 10%.

Either the recent estimates for demographics change drastically since 2010, or either they are using a weird metric. Maybe there throwing some weird monkey ranch like age, income or something. cause base ethnicity, religion, Nationality and etc. It's very off. I wouldn't say "WalletHub" is using the actual definition of diversity, they using some weird metric and this publication is misleading. but I don't know.

Agreed.

The OP's analysis is definitely flawed.

Not to mention, it left a ton of other Metro Atlanta cities out of the analysis

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

Wonder what's the criteria because

Duluth 2010
48.7% White,
20.2% African American
22.3% Asian
14.0% Hispanic

Mean while Johns Creek 2010
63.5 percent White;
23.4 percent Asian
9.2 percent African American;
5.2 percent Hispanic

Duluth overtly does seem it be a lot more diverse. Duluth is minority majority or no majority with 3 groups above 20%, and 4 above 10%

While John Creek does have a majority group white at 63% and only 1 other group above 10%.

Either the recent estimates for demographics change drastically since 2010, or either they are using a weird metric. Maybe there throwing some weird monkey ranch like age, income or something. cause base ethnicity, religion, Nationality and etc. It's very off. I wouldn't say "WalletHub" is using the actual definition of diversity, they using some weird metric and this publication is misleading. but I don't know.

That is a really good assessment that the demographics of communities like Duluth and Johns Creek appear to have changed somewhat noticeably since 2010.

This was the demographic makeup of those communities as of 2017:

Duluth proper 2017
36.0% non-Hispanic/Latino White
23.1% African-American
25.7% Asian
13.2% Hispanic (Latino)

Johns Creek proper 2017
55.0% non-Hispanic/Latino White
9.4% African-American
26.7% Asian
6.4% Hispanic (Latino)

… But even with the demographic changes of the two communities since 2010, your point stands that Duluth still appears to be the more diverse community than Johns Creek.

As of 2017, racial and ethnic minorities appeared to be much more well-represented in the population in Duluth proper (64% racial/ethnic minority population) than in Johns Creek (45% racial/ethnic minority population).