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Originally Posted by stx12499
And I would much rather my kids have a city park playing with children of all races....you just WONT find that in suburbia. To each his own.
Actually, many suburban areas are becoming as diverse as the city is. J-town, Lyndon, St Matthews, Middletown, Okolona, etc are 5-10% Black, and 2% for both Hispanic and Asian. The Highlands and Greater Germantown are the least diverse areas of the city, being 95% White. The only suburban areas with a similar percent would be Valley Station and Anchorage.
Actually, many suburban areas are becoming as diverse as the city is. J-town, Lyndon, St Matthews, Middletown, Okolona, etc are 5-10% Black, and 2% for both Hispanic and Asian. The Highlands and Greater Germantown are the least diverse areas of the city, being 95% White. The only suburban areas with a similar percent would be Valley Station and Anchorage.
Valley Station is also getting more diverse. It used to be very uncommon to see black folks there but it is not the case anymore. There is also an increasing hispanic population. Other than that, I dunno.
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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Valley Station is also getting more diverse. It used to be very uncommon to see black folks there but it is not the case anymore. There is also an increasing hispanic population. Other than that, I dunno.
All the data I quoted is from 2000 Census, which is now 8 years old. It had Valley Station as 95% White & 2% Black. PRP is also 94% White & 3% Black.
A lot of the really small suburban cities in the East End are 99% White, but all the larger suburbs are quite diverse. That's because most minorities there live in apartment complexs which are rarely found in those subdivision cities. I would say the apartment complex I lived in Lyndon was easily 30% Hispanic
definitely! It was one of the city's originals designed by Olemstead. Also, that is a wonderful example of a diverse area where middle class whites live in close proximity to Vietnamese and even Somali immigrants.
I really don't understand. When did this thread become a discussion about race? And why? It seems that there is an assumption that diversity is only an inside the Watterson situation. Oldham County is full of diversity with children in the parks from a truly more diverse setting than the simple diversity that is a political buzz word. We have many children of Indian, Phillipine, Euro, Japanese, Hispanic, and African (including super-Sahara as well as sub-Sahara) ancestery. This occurs simply because so many physicians, professors, engineers, and other professionals chose to live in Oldham County when they move here from countries around the world.
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