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The term "foreign born" means very different things in London vs. New York. I don't think it's a meaningful comparison.
by acchow 10y ago
The term "foreign born" means very different things in London vs. New York. I don't think it's a meaningful comparison.
- CydeWeys 10y agoWhat are those different meanings?
- acchow 10y agoWith exception of Canadians, "foreign born" in New York means "born at least 2000 miles away" (and thus usually having a different native language and culture). In London, it's "born at least 200 miles away"; usually already speaks English and/or has some ancestry from Britain.
- CydeWeys 10y agoOK, that's what I figured. Thanks for the elaboration.
- SideburnsOfDoom 10y agoAll very subjective, but plenty of people in London who are born 200 or more miles away, "have a different native language and culture", and no ancestry from Britain. You seem to be saying that proximity of more different countries results in less diversity. Which is odd.
- JBReefer 10y agoThat's why it's a bad metric - native born in the US is much more likely to be something VERY different, like Gullah people vs Minneapolitans.
- SideburnsOfDoom 10y agoI don't think there are any perfect metrics for this - it's subjective. So saying "city x is the most diverse" is hard to give real meaning to.