The 10 most segregated urban areas in America.
Detroit is #4.
“Blacks are fleeing the city and are following the path of least resistance into formerly all-white bastions like Warren and Harper Woods, where houses are often on the market for months or years,” says Sugrue. “But many whites, trapped by the collapsing housing market, are unable to move. Hence a decline in segregation rates.”
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bradleywarshauer said:
as a kid from places located in the South, it shocked me when I discovered the actual demographic makeup of the US. Happens when you live in an 85% African-American neighborhood in NOLA and a 50% African-American state after that
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Billy was really surprised that his birth-town, Milwaukee, was #uno. —BP
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caryrandolph said:
Oy vey, this town. And it’s true too.
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