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Is it any surprise? I don't want to be accused of being a racist so I can't move into affordable urban neighborhoods with too many 'underrepresented minorities

Is it any surprise? I don't want to be accused of being a racist so I can't move into affordable urban neighborhoods with too many 'underrepresented minorities'. I like peace and quiet, you don't find that in the city. I like driving more than walking/bicycling/taking the bus so I live in a place that makes it less of a hassle to own the cars. And I care for my safety and my property, I'd be an idiot to move to the cities near me that care more about being nice to criminals than protecting property owned by the working class. And yeah, the suburbs are advantaged. I saved money to live there, I want my kids to have the most advantages possible, I've instilled enough discipline in them that they're able to learn and grow at school. I've been in city schools, they're full of kids pissing away the opportunity to learn and interfering with the learning of other students, how can someone succeed when their classmates are cranking that soulja boy?

helen___keller 8y ago
>I don't want to be accused of being a racist so I can't move into affordable urban neighborhoods with too many 'underrepresented minorities' ???
- crowdpleaser 8y ago
  https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smith/article219312260.html https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smi... Improving a blighted neighborhood is racism. If I were to displace a minority from “their” neighborhood, I would have done a racist act.
  - Poer12321 8y ago
    Maybe you are just racist.
- golemiprague 8y ago
  I think he meant "but I can't" rather than "so I can't" and let's face it, this is true for everyone, nobody wants to live in a shitty area with shitty people. It is much cheaper to find a decent community in the suburbs than in the city and if you don't want your kids to go to a school full of black/hispanic criminals and can't afford the affluent areas in the city you must end up in a suburb. The days of bad white neighbourhoods in the city are long gone and even then they were not that bad as the black neighbourhoods.

helen___keller 8y ago

>I don't want to be accused of being a racist so I can't move into affordable urban neighborhoods with too many 'underrepresented minorities' ???

crowdpleaser 8y ago
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smith/article219312260.html https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smi... Improving a blighted neighborhood is racism. If I were to displace a minority from “their” neighborhood, I would have done a racist act.
- Poer12321 8y ago
  Maybe you are just racist.
golemiprague 8y ago
I think he meant "but I can't" rather than "so I can't" and let's face it, this is true for everyone, nobody wants to live in a shitty area with shitty people. It is much cheaper to find a decent community in the suburbs than in the city and if you don't want your kids to go to a school full of black/hispanic criminals and can't afford the affluent areas in the city you must end up in a suburb. The days of bad white neighbourhoods in the city are long gone and even then they were not that bad as the black neighbourhoods.