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whats wrong with little orange? but then again im from miami, look at my map, all blue and orange, barely any red. so im looking for a vice versa area of what you want, with more red lol
How 'bout we trade some red for orange!
It's sad that our last big wave of immigrants came to the Burgh back in the 1800's- soooo long ago! which were largely Irish, German, Italian, Polish( European) but we missed out on ever having a wave of Hispanic and Asian, thus not enough diversity here,IMO.
ironically, it is and isn't a big deal at the same time
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How is this an uncomfortable topic? It shows where the black people live and where the white people live. Big deal. And, people tend to stick to their own kind (racially and socio-economically). Again I say...big deal.
I have gotten to the point where the thing that counts the most about the people I befriend is whether they are honest and decent human beings.
It's sad that our last big wave of immigrants came to the Burgh back in the 1800's- soooo long ago! which were largely Irish, German, Italian, Polish( European) but we missed out on ever having a wave of Hispanic and Asian, thus not enough diversity here,IMO.
It's funny seeing people on City Data complain about the "lack of diversity" while recommending Cranberry, Upper St. Clair, Robinson, and the most vanilla suburbs in the area to every newcomer who asks where to live. These neighborhoods were never diverse and probably never will be. Why would you expect diversity in the land of McMansions and big box chain stores? These places are indistinguishable from every other generic "main strip with chain stores and surrounding housing developments" suburb in America.
If you value diversity so much, try living in the city. Every day I walk around Sq. Hill, I hear at least two or three languages spoken on the street--various Slavic languages, various Indian languages, Yiddish, and Hebrew. There are several Slavic and Indian immigrant families who live in my neighborhood. There are a group of Orthodox Jews every Friday afternoon who wander the streets talking to random people on the street. There are three ethnic markets in walking distance.
And it's not just Sq. Hill. I heard three or four different languages being spoken today at the Bloomfield farmer's market. There was certainly a very diverse crowd when I went to the Strip District on Saturday. The diversity is there if you look for it--or does it not count because the people aren't brown enough to count as "diverse"? Or is it merely a case of "I want to see diversity, but I don't want to live next to it"?
The diversity is there if you look for it--or does it not count because the people aren't brown enough to count as "diverse"? Or is it merely a case of "I want to see diversity, but I don't want to live next to it"?
"I love blacks and gays and latinos...as long as they don't move next door! So love me love me love me, I'm a liberal!" - Jello Biafra
I guess it does seem to be a little de-humanizing when you represent certain people as being a color on a map.
But SomebodyMiami and I just want to mix up/give each other what the other lacks .Good intentions were meant by it.
I agree it shouldn't sound like a card swap meet.
Sorry!
I guess it does seem to be a little de-humanizing when you represent certain people as being a color on a map.
But SomebodyMiami and I just want to mix up/give each other what the other lacks .Good intentions were meant by it.
I agree it shouldn't sound like a card swap meet.
Sorry!
Oh ok it's alright. I didn't think it was meant to be totally like what I said but I'm certain if I said something along the lines of "we should make white people live in the Hill because there are too many blacks" I would be suspended from here. I just feel like there's a double standard on certain issues here and in the country we need to get past but enough of that let's move everything is ok.
I don't know... I really don't care what race or ethnicity people are as long as they are good people.... I think we have a lot of great people here already.
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ironically, it is and isn't a big deal at the same time
