Segregation Correlated With Diversity

There’s an interesting post at 538 that points out that the most diverse cities are also the most segregated. Their examples are Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska. As a city Chicago is very diverse. On a by neighborhood basis it’s very segregated. Lincoln, Nebraska is the opposite.

I consider my neighborhood pretty diverse. In this block alone there are two black families, two South Asian families, a Cambodian family, and two Hispanic families. One of the “white” families is a family of Polish immigrants. Another of Irish immigrants. In the house across the street from me the husband is Chicago Irish and the wife is Puerto Rican and Salvadoran.

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