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I completely agree. "White flight" is not a new phenomenon, despite attempts to re-brand it. I'd love to hear cases of people of color moving to smaller cities

• ajross 7y ago
  To be fair: there's lots of population movement everywhere, in every demographic. There's even an infographic that shows arrows pointing to quite diverse spots like Vegas and Orlando. But the text of the article is all about white people moving to Boise (with a few other nods to similarly white destinations). And to write that, in 2019, without so much as a nod that maybe this isn't really representative and maybe there's a less wholesome motion afoot just sets my alarm bells off. Seriously: that article is straight up about white flight. The data might not be, but the article absolutely is.
  • defen 7y ago
    "White flight" is when you leave because minorities are moving in. The people interviewed in the article were moving for economic reasons.
    • ajross 7y ago
      It is? Go back and find me a 1950's source that credits the growth of the American Suburban Lifestyle to a desire for racial segregation. The racial subtext became clear only decades later. Almost no one, even in the 50's, actually claimed to be a "racist". Be real. And this article? It tickles all the same creepy buttons. It defines a "good" thing, and enumerates its benefits, in terms that "just happen" to be a bunch of pro-segregation dynamics.