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Suburban Houston and Dallas are indeed more integrated, but there's a decent amount of integration in Atlanta's northern suburbs in particular as shown in the map found here. I'm a Black guy and I only lived in Atlanta's northern 'burbs when I was there from 2010-2015 and never felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb--even in Canton.
Exactly. I lived in Kennesaw in Cobb County for many years and I'm a black man and I didn't stick out like a sore thumb there either. My experience "on the ground" was totally different than the narrative that was being sold about Cobb being majority white, which is definitely not true now, and was not the case when I lived there from 2006-2010.
I didn't fool around with Cherokee County too much, but I would go to Woodstock from time to time and yes, while it was majority white, it wasn't as if no black people were up there either.
I think the most racially segregated metro areas nationwide are Chicago, Detroit, and Milwaukee. Cleveland and Boston are also quite segregated so the South does NOT have a worse issue with it. And a lot of it IS people choosing where to live.
Often the biggest divide is between city and suburb. Both Baton Rouge and New Orleans do have suburban jurisdictions that are over 90% white but the cities themselves are relatively integrated. Yes there is a ghetto that is almost entirely black (like North Baton Rouge) but many blacks do not live in these ghettoes and live in mixed communities.
The number which is lowest in regards to average index of dissimilarity means that New Orleans (78.7) has been the least segregated, not the opposite. Numbers and notions, one never lies, and the other is often based on them.
I think the most racially segregated metro areas nationwide are Chicago, Detroit, and Milwaukee. Cleveland and Boston are also quite segregated so the South does NOT have a worse issue with it. And a lot of it IS people choosing where to live.
Often the biggest divide is between city and suburb. Both Baton Rouge and New Orleans do have suburban jurisdictions that are over 90% white but the cities themselves are relatively integrated. Yes there is a ghetto that is almost entirely black (like North Baton Rouge) but many blacks do not live in these ghettoes and live in mixed communities.
Livingston (Baton Rouge area) and Cameron (Southwestern corner) are the only two parishes in the entire state of Louisiana that are more than 90% white.
The thing about Atlanta segregation is that it even extends into the suburbs. The north is overwhelmingly White while the south is overwhelmingly Black. You might get some inner city segregation in Houston and Dallas but their suburbs (especially Houston) are much more mixed.
I went to high school in Forest Park (a suburb directly south of Atlanta for those unfamiliar) and the segregation only seemed apparent with Blacks and Whites. There was a high Hispanic and Asian population in the "Black Southside", but there's also lots of Hispanics and Asains in the "White Northside". I can't figure out why Blacks and White segregate ourselves for what seems to be no reason in 2017 when everyone else can get along.
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