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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I feel like STL (the ex is from there, so I used to visit a lot) is really racially/class segregated, but the different groups don't really interact that much. In California, and especially here in NYC, groups that classically "don't get along" end up in the same neighborhoods. Plus, here there are a ton of recent immigrants, who bring up the same issues here that they dealt with in their homelands. Does STL have a huge New American population?
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Yes, there's a lot of Hispanics and Southeast Asians in STL. There hasn't been that many problems that I know of. You're right, the different groups tend to stay to themselves. I've always found it interesting that people in the more diverse places like certain areas in NY and CA, can't get along with each other. I would think they would learn to accept, or at least tolerate, each other because of increased exposure. I guess if you have deep-seated hatred lurking inside or have had too many bad experiences with other groups, exposure won't change how you feel.