Highland Park snobbery?

[ST29]

Originally Posted by Steve F.

I find it unfair to call Highland Park, Il a “racist” suburb. First of all, it’s quite diverse as affluent, predominantly white Chicago suburbs go. Secondly, there’s white rich suburbs of Chicago that are far more racist that never get acknowledged as such. Highland Park is less bigoted than most places.

I feel like I should comment here, because people like to throw the "racist" term very easily. But just because a neighborhood is not diverse, it does not mean racism. The lack of diversity does not equal to racism.

There's only one color that counts when it comes to living in such neighborhoods, and it's the color green, I'm sure you can guess what that means.

[pvande55]

HP residents have a new reason to be snobbish. The City just enacted a property tax increase.

[pvande55]

Their police department has a cool video. http://www.google.com/url?q=https://...Lwid5CGb8PD7G-
Of course, other departments will try to outdo them, but HP residents (and officers) can bask in the glory!

[sware2cod]

Originally Posted by ST29

I feel like I should comment here, because people like to throw the "racist" term very easily. But just because a neighborhood is not diverse, it does not mean racism. The lack of diversity does not equal to racism.

There's only one color that counts when it comes to living in such neighborhoods, and it's the color green, I'm sure you can guess what that means.

The Grinch lives there?

[Eudora Welty]

Yes, HP is most definitely a well-established Jewish enclave. I lived there for 15 years.