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"The gaps tend to be smallest in the West." Well, except for LA and Oakland. I wonder why the other west coast cities have the opposite trend?
by santaclaus 12y ago
"The gaps tend to be smallest in the West."
Well, except for LA and Oakland. I wonder why the other west coast cities have the opposite trend?
- maxerickson 12y agoIt's probably excessively naive, but my first guess is some sort of demographic velocity. My expectation is that the gap will be the smallest in the places that have the most mobile populations.
- happyscrappy 12y agoMore likely it correlates to gang activity.
- maxerickson 12y agoI would expect higher rates of gang activity in populations with lower mobility.
- downandout 12y agoLA and Oakland have higher crime rates than the other cities. Since black men are disproportionately represented in the criminal population, areas with higher crime rates will have higher gaps. Additionally, there are significant gang populations in these areas. Because gangs tend to recruit along racial lines, this further adds to the disparity vs areas with fewer/smaller gangs.
- panglott 12y agoLooks like gentrification is pricing out the historic black community of San Francisco, &c., because the NIMBYs don't want to build enough housing for the people moving there. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9408009 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9408009