do you live in a diverse neighboorhood?
 

i live in a really diverse part of nyc, but since going to college i have met many people who lived in very homogenous areas(mostly all white). this seems very strange to me, i am used to being around people of many backgrounds with caucasions as the minority. i have begun to think about this because i know i want to live and especially raise children in a diverse area, but also hopefully one that is a little nicer and safer than where i live now.
what are the areas you live in like? how do you think this has affected who you are? also what is your sorority like in terms of race? one thing that helped me choose axo was the amazing diverse group of girls.

i am new to greek chat but think its great to read peoples opinions from all over.

Hi New York neighbor! I am also from a diverse community. My college was diverse also. Many of my classmates however grew up in homogenous suburbs. My sorority was pretty diverse, not as much as my home, but more than other sororities.

I think that growing up in a diverse neighborhood has enabled me to feel comfortable in any type of group and neighborhood. I also don't make snap judgements about people. I have an open mind.

Up until 5th grade, I lived in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood. At the end of my 5th grade year we bought a house on the opposite, nicer side of town. Most of the houses on my street when we moved here 9 years ago were Anglo households, except for mine (we are Hispanic) and my next door neighbor is a Hispanic woman, but is married to an Anglo. The house is on a cul-de-sac so we all know each other pretty well.

Well, when I moved back home in May from school, my 8 yr old brother would always have the kids from the neighborhood inside playing. Well, I noticed that there was a diverse group of kids in this neighborhood now, nothing like when I was younger. There is an Indian family, African American family, a Mexican family, a Jamaican family, many Anglo families, and us (a Hispanic family).


As for my sorority, about 80% of my sorority is Hispanic, with 20% being Anglo. I go to a small, private, Catholic university in San Antonio with the majority of the student population being Hispanic.

Here is a breakdown of my city by race:

Black or African American: 644
American Indian and Alaska Native: 287
Asian: 2,331
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 58
Some other race: 2,130
Two or more races: 1,569
White: 37,155 :eek:

I live in west omaha, so its not really diverse. my neigborhood is all white and mostly catholic or protestant.

Re: do you live in a diverse neighboorhood?
 

Interesting thread!

My neighborhood is mostly homogenously white, with a few Asians mixed in. Recently, an African-American family moved in next-door, but other than that, my neighborhood is primarily white with some Asians.

I'm not sure how this makeup has affected me growing up, but as a whole, my city is extremely diverse so that has probably made up for it. Nevertheless, the elementary and high school I attended were almost so homogenous that it didn't reflect the diversity of San Francisco.

One thing though that I'm sure of is that I've probably been very sheltered in terms of being protected from gang violence, conflict and discord, etc. that are more prominent in other neighborhoods. Also, if I had attended other high schools in the City, I'm sure that I would be a different person today.

Thanks for this thread...it really made me think hard for the first time this summer! ;)

My neighborhood is ethnically, but not rracially diverse- mostly black and hispanic, but ALL KINDS of black and hispanic.

We have people from all of the islands (thank the Lord! What would I do without my haitian callaloo, Puerto Rican rice and beans and my Trinidadian roti I don't know), a growing number of Africans, and a fair amount of Black Americans too. I think the fastest growing pop. is probably Chicanos though, which is adding an interesting dynamic. There are a couple of whites, and a growing number of Asians as well.

I love my neighborhood- it can get dicey sometimes, but its really just a diverse, blue collar suburb of sorts, lol. As suburban as you get in NYC anyway, without going to Queens!

My neighborhood???????? Not much diversity in terms of race. BUT if you look at other issues like education level, religion and occupation, yes there is some diversity. We have Doctors, lawyers. insurance salesmen, owners of construction company, air conditioner business an author, dentists and a stock broker just moved in next door. Most are highly educated, but there are a few who didn't graduate from college.

We are getting new neighbors.
The Hubby is from India. (This is big stuff on the block! LOL)
I'm really excited and hope to get to know them. We need to shake things up around here.

Most are Catholic Christian, but we have a Jewish/Episcopalian(sp?) family, Baptist and Methodist. I wonder what the new family is.

The neighborhood that I lived in when I was born had a very mixed population.

The next two houses that I lived in were in predominantly white neighborhoods. I think that there were a couple of Indian families and a couple of black families.

When I moved out on my own I lived in two places that were in predominantly black neighborhoods. My neighbors used to tease me and my roommates about being the only white girls in the "ghetto". We liked living there but we could have done without the 5 a.m. drug busts and the FBI and police banging down the doors a couple houses down from us.

The neighborhood I grew up in is about 90% Jewish. Very not diverse. The schools shut down for the High Holy Days because there just was no point in being open those days.

My current neighborhood is mostly white and Christian.

Here is what I found about Flint, Michigan (2000)

Race / Percent of Total Population

White / 24.7
Black / 72.9
American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut / 0.29
Asian or Pacific Islander / 0.58
Other Race / 0.15

I live smack dab in the middle of white-bread USA. I live in one of those gated country club subdivisions. Its huge - something like 17 miles of streets. Mostly professionals. Lots of nouveau riche white trash that think their new Escalade makes them better than you. :rolleyes:

If I had to guess, I'd say its probably 95%+ white back here. As for the suburb I live in, probably about 75%. Because this is a suburb of New Orleans ( a predominantly Catholic city) I'd guess that most people are Catholic here as well. I know at least 5 houses on my street are, including my own.

Vancouver is one of the most ethnically diverse places in Canada - where I grew up there were mostly caucasians and asians - but across the city you can find people from pretty much every ethnic background you can think of...

Kind of interesting, but in the south, especially in Texas, no one ever identifys themselvs as italian, Russian, etc. Yore either white, black, asian, hispanic, etc. You'll never hear, so whats your race? "Oh Im irish." I did hear that tho a few times when I was in NYC.

My neighborhood (and county, for that matter) is majority African American. The DC suburb in which i live is reportedly the richest concentration of african americans in the country.

I remember when i attended the local public elementary school, there was one white girl (my best friend) who rode the bus with us... all the other white families in my immediate neighborhood sent their children to parochial school. However, there was a fair mix of white and black children at the public school.

I went to a magnet/ science & tech high school out side of my neighborhood (yes, i'm a product of bussing) where we had a good mix of whites, blacks, and asians (mainly fillipino). there were very few latinos/hispanics or people of arabic/middle eastern ancestry.

NYC is a huge city of great diversity including white ethnic minorities. Apparently there are over 140 different ethnicities and cultures in NYC. Due to immigration, certain areas became Irish, Italian, Greek, or Russian neighborhoods even though the people who live there are not exclusively those ethnicities. For example when I tell people where I live, they automatically ask if I am Greek because it's known as a Greek neighborhood. This resulted in a lot of confusion in college. :p

Well being the Grand Statesman, My Localatity is white, and Black!

The Gentleman retired Navy is a greeter at Wally World! A Gentleman from the get go!

My Business, is 48 % and 48% Bl and Wh. Other 10 % is Asian or Spanish!

I do not care as long as I can understand what they are saying!

I have no say in who moves in or comes into my shop! I try to welcome all!

2 of my Reps are Black, 1 Asian, 1 white, and 1 Cubano!

What a pot of life we live in?:cool: DA!:D

thanks for all the replies, its interesting

THAT is interesting to me. Where I am, you are asked, not if you are black, white Hispanic, etc, but if you are AMERICAN. I live in a college town, so it is VERY diverse (at least the college-aged folks). In my neighborhood (on my BLOCK), there are people from Trinidad, Jamaica, England, Germany, Puerto Rico (yay, my roommate, lol), and more that I am forgetting.

I am from Atlanta though, which is REALLY diverse. My neighborhood up there was about 50/50 whites-to-blacks.

Tom Earp, not sure if 48 + 48 + 10 = 100...lol. Just messing with ya!

I moved around a lot growing up. Until I was 10 or so, I lived in almost all-white small towns. Then we moved to NC. My neighborhood was white, although my school was mostly black. But for the first time I knew a fair number of Jewish kids. Then we moved to Oregon ... almost all white where I was at (it used to be a sundown town) except for a growing Hispanic population. But there was only one Asian girl, no black kids, and no Jewish kids at my high school. Off to college in Cleveland, which was relatively diverse ... now I'm here in Seattle. My neighborhood is very diverse - I live next door to the high school and it is full of kids of all colors.

But still ... I go to work and my office is almost all white. Now, there are a lot of Asians and Hispanics in particular working here, but they are not in the office. :(

However, one thing I do have to say about Seattle; there is a lot more interracial dating here than anywhere else I've lived. I'm sure we have a very long way to go in regards to race relations, but Seattle is better than anywhere else I've lived. NC was diverse, but we didn't mingle.

Just Say No To Drugs
 

my hometown neighborhood is Conservative, Old, White Southerners. but they're very nice, and my high school was diverse. western kentucky region.

however, our fraternity house is in the middle of a ghetto. we are surrounded by shady people and stuff. However, FarmHouse is comprised mostly of caucasion males from strong, traditional Southern upbringings. We find that it doesn't matter, though. The golden rule is the same, now, as when we were in kindegarden. Our crackhead and crazy neighbors often join us and Beer.

Re: Just Say No To Drugs
 

:eek: I don't know how I am supposed to take that. :eek:

I live in a very diverse area! Which is weird since I'm originally from Biloxi, Mississippi. I'm now in NY. Cornell Univ. brings SO MANY different people to Central NY. I've met so many people from all over the world! It's amazing to hear about they're hometowns; a great cultural experience!

I live on Capitol Hill in Washington DC and it is very diverse. I feel that has made me more open with people, and I feel comfortable talking with anyone and I do. I think I wouldnt want to raise my children in a homogenous environment because the world is filled with tons of people that are all unique in their own way.

I moved into this town when I was 9, then it was like 98% white. Now, our town is becoming like a salad bowl, not only more blacks moved, but Arabs, Mexicans, Koreans, etc. are quickly populating. It's pretty interesting.

My community aside from the University (which is actually VERY diverse) is overwhelmingly white.. Edmond is essentially a yuppie town.

This is not my opinion...i learned it in sociology class...but the reason for all white neighborhoods is all about property value. Statistics show that when a minority moves in to an all white neighborhood, the property value on that block goes down...other white people won't want to live there. It sounds very racist, but people like to live around others that they can relate to and that are similar to them...like i said..this isnt my opinion ...just something i learned in college

The neighborhood I grew up in back home in Atlanta was overwhelmingly African-American. Something like 98% black. I later moved to an area where the makeup was something like 85% African American, 14% White, and 1% "other" (divided between Asians and Latinos).

Here in Vancouver, I really got to find out what diversity really means. :D Blacks make up only 0.6% of the population here, and I don't think I'd be wrong if I said that Vancouver is mostly a Eurasian city, with large European and Asian (and South Asian) influences.

Unfortunatly my hometown is very white and very upper middle class. I would love to have a large minority group move in and shake things up.

The place where I intern in Boston, I work with a Russian, a Japanese, 3 Palestinians, an Israeli, a French, a Morrocan and a Columbian. I think I am the token American in the group. I love it there! :D

IMO I find it odd that my friends in college went to high schools with no minorities or only a handful. can anyone else relate?

Can't relate to that, but.....
I went to HS with probabaly a total of 10 white people in all 4 grades period! It's funny because once I got to college the majority of my closer friends turned out to be white.

The neighborhood where I grew up was 100% white & mostly Catholic.

Right now, I live in a neighborhood that is partly in the Italian section of Pittsburgh. Not sure about my specific neighborhood (it's only 5 blocks long).

My college was pretty diverse for only being 750 people.

ztamiami, similar story. I went to school with a nice mix of people but he majority was black. Now that I am at school in Massachusetts demographics have flip-floped.

My elementary school and my neighborhood: ALL black

My HS and college: predominately Caucasian

My neighborhood: diverse

where do you live in dc?

Grew up ~> majority black (something like 60/40)

College~> black ;)

Current location~>white (the city is only like 8% black)

I love in Montgomery County, actually!

cool, My aunt lives in germantown. When I graudate I want to move back to the dc metro area, but the housing market is ridiculous. Hopefully in 2 years it will cool down a bit.

First Elementary School: Almost all white

Second Elementary School: Predominately white but more liberal-transferred there because the racism was so bad at the first elementary school.

HS: Pretty diverse, more white than any group, pretty intergrated.

College:Also pretty diverse, still more white than any other group, but very segregated.


I'm probably gonna get flamed for this: When a parent sends their kid to a school that is a different background from their own-they have NO idea what they are getting their children into!