My vote would be Chicago, hands down. I moved there from Houston last August, and I have never seen a city in the US so racially segregated between "black" and "other." Thoughts?
Boston is pretty bad. I live in Back bay...where I only see white people...i go to school in the medical center, where I only see blacks. Its 2 completely different worlds separated by just a 5 minute drive.
My sister lives there and I have been there dozens of times over the last 3 years and I have never felt it segregated or racially polarized. Even though the north side is heavily white there are a lot of asians. And the south side is not 100% black and/or latino. Chicago does remind me a bit of LA except not as many latinos. The one thing that my sister has complained about is that the younger crowd in Chicago can be a bit haughty and rude. When compared to Houston, the people in Chicago can seem cold but I've never had a problem there and never felt the city was segregated. If you want segregated just drive up to Milwaukee for Summerfest and you will see segregated.
Atlanta. I think I actually read that it is either the top or right at the top. It works like this: North - 30%, affluent and mostly white South - 70% mostly poor and black It was really strange living in that city.
Isn't this modern day "segregation" due to a wealth gap? White flight happened years ago in the major cities. People with money tend to live amongst other people with money. Whereas poor people will be living in poor neighborhoods. It's not like it's an Israeli wall keeping black people isolated. And if you don't work or live near someone of another race, chances are you're not hanging out with them. The chart below reflects that whites and asians tend to live in different neighborhoods than blacks and hispanic. median household income
For the record The Thread started asked about the Most segregate city He did not offer or request an explaination of Why they were segregated more of a discussion for another time I vote Wisner Louisiana Rocket River
Houston and NYC are probably the two least segregated big cities I've ever been to from a racial standpoint. San Francisco would also come to mind. The 'real' segregation in America over the past two decades or so has really been socioeconomic much more so than racial, at least in the big cities/major metro areas. The socioeconomic one is expected, but minorities -- in general -- tend to fare better in Houston than most other big cities in the country; I know there was a study that highlighted Houston as the best city to be Black or something along those lines. Of course, we also have a large immigrant minority that is well-educated and they tend to do well for themselves here too. And yes, Dallas is a lot more segregated than Houston. You pretty much don't see a Black face or even Hispanics in the northern part of the Metroplex, or other minorities for that matter, it's truly a rarity.
Chicago actually has the largest Mexican population in the US after LA (more than Houston) and the second largest Puerto Rican population after NYC.
I have a very hard time believing there are more Mexicans in Chicago than in Houston. Where did you find that stat?
The thing about Chicago, though, is that it's not all due to the wealth gap. The South Side, aside from it's large working class Irish population, is almost entirely black. It's not just low-income blacks living on the South Side (i.e. Barack Obama) -- most black professionals and middle/upper class residents live on the South Side too. It's something I've never really seen in Houston...
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/thesixthsection/special_mexican.html "Metropolitan Chicago has the second largest Mexican immigrant community in the United States, following Los Angeles. Current estimates place the area's Mexican and Mexican-ancestry population at between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people, of whom two-thirds were born in Mexico." So I guess Houston might have a larger Mexican population that were born in the US, whereas Chicago's Mexican population were born in Mexico -- Can anyone confirm this?
