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I recently made a move from Seattle to Dallas. While in Seattle I was consumed by the thought that all of American academia, business, and media was consumed b
by bendbro 4y ago
I recently made a move from Seattle to Dallas.
While in Seattle I was consumed by the thought that all of American academia, business, and media was consumed by idpol and other associated confusions. In Seattle, every interaction is permeated by conversations about identity, and friend groups are highly segregated by class, if not race.
Moving to Dallas completely changed my perspective. Dallas is an actual multicultural utopia. Everywhere I went, people of all kinds were doing stuff together, and not in the soft late 90s ghetto mural of rainbows and people holding hands, I mean just hanging out as if you would with friends from your neighborhood. Funny that in practice, Texas is significantly less class and race divided than Seattle.
I'm happy that latinos reject this stuff. I'm even more happy to know that it hasn't spread throughout the entire US.
- smugma 4y agoFrom what I've gathered the few times I've been to Seattle, it isn't so much racially segregated as predominantly white. A Black friend of mine moved there to work for Amazon and hated Seattle. Eventually he got the ability to relocate to LA and is much happier now. I was in Austin last weekend and it appeared very diverse; much less segregated than the Bay Area.
- pc86 4y agoI've heard things similar about Seattle specifically that line up with what both you and the parent commenter are saying. Maybe Seattle just sucks?
- jrsj 4y agoHad a similar experience visiting Texas and I’m looking forward to moving there myself soon.