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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
The news story above confirms your theory that Atlanta isn't as segregated as I thought.
As far as the second point, I agree it probably really hard for well educated affluent young black people to find places that they want to live and feel completely welcome.
I think the "cautious hesitation" may be fear of white flight, not so much fear, distrust, or hatred of black people. As you probably know, the city and the surrounding area have experienced shifting demographics; think about Clayton County 10-15 years ago and Clayton County today. South/Mid Gwinnett, 10 years ago versus today. They're demographically different. I think people have concern that any racial change is approaching the "white flight" tipping point. Sure, it's a little racist, but it's more worrying about other people's racist actions that you have no control over.
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Well, it may be part-racism, but its also from experience in a lot of situations. Its very common in the metro area to see a nice affluent area where affluent and educated minorities move in. However, its also fairly common that they're followed by less affluent, less educated minorities, and suddenly property values are going down, violence goes up, etc. I think its rough for black people because they have the stigma that they're the ones starting the domino effect, but in reality they're trying to get away from the same things the affluent white folks are.
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