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> How can it not be, where you want to build an enclave of 'like' people (alike in friend connections, education, outlook, not only race, which is what you seem
by mgfist 1y ago
> How can it not be, where you want to build an enclave of 'like' people (alike in friend connections, education, outlook, not only race, which is what you seem to assume).
There's a strong implicit assumption here that stranger neighbors are not 'like' people. For the most part, this is not correct. If you buy a $2m home, your neighbor likely also has a $2m home, is also well educated, also has a high-paying job (probably in a similar field to you) and more likely to be the same race as you.
Same if you buy a $100,000 home.
- jacknews 1y agoThe point is that all kinds of people have the option to live in the same area. Sure, people gravitate to some extent to their own 'class' of people, but making that an actual goal, and exclusive, seems wrong.
- mgfist 1y ago> The point is that all kinds of people have the option to live in the same area Well not really. Very few people have the option of buying a $2m home. But I get your point. > Sure, people gravitate to some extent to their own 'class' of people, but making that an actual goal, and exclusive, seems wrong. It's a big stretch to go from "I want my friends and I to all live close to each other" to "I want to create an exclusive community for my class of people".
- jacknews 1y agoBut this is the stretch being made - 'how to build a friend compound' not just 'how to live close to friends'.