Major Texas Cities Diversity Smackdown (NOW IN COLOR!) (Houston, Dallas: homes, gated)

[dv1033]

These maps are fascinating. They show ethnic population by metro area (data from 2000 census), distributed geographically so that you can see ethnic enclaves. Each dot represents 25 people.
Red is White
Blue is Black
Green is Asian
Orange is Hispanic

[HtownLove]

The first 3 are clearly the winners, the last two not so much.

Good show Houston, Dallas, FW. Sa and Austin get on the ball.

[HtownLove]

Portland looks pathetic. The other cities look diverse but not integrated, but portland is just poor.

Boston too.

Show detroit it is bad too

[dv1033]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Show detroit it is bad too

I meant to do that. It is shocking. The "8 mile" rail line which separates the black folks and white folks is scary.

[dv1033]

Traditionally older cities, Chicago, NYC, Detroit, Boston, are very segregated (even LA to some degree). These cities saw race riots throughout their life and NE and Midwestern US is just as racist as the South.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

The first 3 are clearly the winners, the last two not so much.

Good show Houston, Dallas, FW. Sa and Austin get on the ball.

Im curious to see how the 2010 maps look. I know Dallas and Houston will look a bit more Orange (on the map). Dallas went from 35 to 44% Hispanic in 8 years. Houston went from 37 to 42% Hispanic in the same time frame.

[Bily Lovec]

not to mention the Katrina influx for houston

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Bily Lovec

not to mention the Katrina influx for houston

A lot of those were Vietnamese from New Orleans too.

Houston's already enormous Vietnamese community grew several thousand more people almost over night. Some have gone back to their homes in Louisiana, most have made Houston their new residence because they already had family or friends living there in the first place.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

A lot of those were Vietnamese from New Orleans too.

Houston's already enormous Vietnamese community grew several thousand more people almost over night. Some have gone back to their homes in Louisiana, most have made Houston their new residence because they already had family or friends living there in the first place.

The number of Vietnamese that left New Orleans compared to the African-Americans that left New Orleans is beyond tiny.

If several thousand showed up overnight, they must have mostly left. If you look at the data by racial group YOY, you would see that Houston has had a pretty consistent Vietnamese growth through the middle part of the decade. Whereas, if you look at the African-Americans, you see a spike after Katrina.

And before for you twist my words, yes Houston has a huge Vietnamese community and it is growing at a brisk pace.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

The number of Vietnamese that left New Orleans compared to the African-Americans that left New Orleans is beyond tiny.

If several thousand showed up overnight, they must have mostly left. If you look at the data by racial group YOY, you would see that Houston has had a pretty consistent Vietnamese growth through the middle part of the decade. Whereas, if you look at the African-Americans, you see a spike after Katrina.

And before for you twist my words, yes Houston has a huge Vietnamese community and it is growing at a brisk pace.

You underestimate how strong & bonded the two cities Vietnamese communities were with each other even before Katrina. Its a tightly knit bunch. Even Houston's & Dallas' are the same way.

Houston Vietnamese had family and/or friends in New Orleans & vice versa. It is very common amongst my friends & girls I've dated. I've even partied down in Houston with some NO Vietnamese before.

Houston is only a 5.5 hour drive from New Orleans.