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> why can't we have neighborhoods with multiple levels of housing options encouraging people with mixed incomes to be around each other Because americans have
by Swizec 10y ago
> why can't we have neighborhoods with multiple levels of housing options encouraging people with mixed incomes to be around each other
Because americans have spent the last 60+ years working to "solve" that problem.
May I present to you, the White Flight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight
- ashwinaj 10y agoYes, I'm aware of white flight. It's 2016 and the claim is that America has supposedly moved on, but it surely doesn't look like it. Or no one wants to talk about it since it's embarrassing.
- dmoy 10y agoWho claims that America has moved on from white flight? That seems like a far-fetched claim...
- Swizec 10y agoIt started reversing in the 90's. These changes aren't instant. It will take time but it is happening. It's not as tied to race anymore, though. Nonwhites are gentrifying neighbourhoods too.
- venomsnake 10y agoAnd now you have the white influx that is once again displacing the poor ... and leading to homogeneous areas in the cities cores.