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Originally posted by kappaloo
To be honest... I always thought this too. My trip to the states really opened my eye though. We went through entire areas where there was little to no racial diversity. It's far more extensive and different from anything I've seen in Canada... Toronto, to bring it to where you are from Taualumna is far more integrated than some areas I visited.
But I think I should note that pure integration is not only socially ridiculous, but also statistically ridiculous. We can always expect people to group together in some extent. But to call Canada segregated is far from true.
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Well, if Toronto isn't segregated, then why do immigrants tend to live in neighbourhoods that reflect THEIR cultural heritage rather than in diverse neighbourhoods? Some stay in these neighbourhoods even if they've been here for a while, case in point, the street where I lived when I was in elementary school. It was 70% Jewish. The rest were Chinese or Indian, mostly Catholic.
ETA: I should add that places that are "diverse" really aren't all that "diverse", meaning that they don't "reflect" the entire city. Usually, areas that are historically Anglo are only "diversified" by the handful of East Asians (usually Chinese) and perhaps Middle Easterners that might be there. But that might just be places that I go to.
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