The article also points out that even largely white cities have a similar split. I mean people do seek out like minded people.But I wonder whether the steering done for years ,by realtors ,of people of color to certain areas, has also included different groups of whites as well.
I wonder how much fudging was involved, though I can believe it in broad strokes for Akron. My antenna went up when I saw that my neighborhood specifically showed up as dead even (or a forgotten hole) surrounded by mildly R areas on the south side of a major highway for two reasons: it shares a precinct directly across said highway which is moderately D with some mildly R (the latter of that being a cemetery and a shopping center, with about 3 houses). I would expect much more D in the northern parts. I find it very odd that my neighborhood would be right in the middle, though I could buy either direction. Much of the precinct's southern area is deceptively large, though unsurprisingly R (it's Firestone Country Club - a non-residential CC - but also the MetroPark in the western bit, which has no permanent human residents). Then there's Hartville, very red, but only metropolitan Akron because it's directly between Akron and Canton, and if they're going there, they may as well include the eastern half of the township that isn't incorporated (they did include the western portion, also unincorporated). Just seems a bit...off.
The more I look at it, the dumber it looks. Almost no one would include Rittman unless one was including everything around it. Same with Ravenna. Kent (the blue between Stow and Ravenna) is a tweener, too. Similarly weird is the giant gap in 75% of New Franklin and the exclusion (apparent) of Bath Twp. and Richfield (bright red, probably). I have a hard time believing Copley is mostly dead center, so I'm guessing they got left out for...reasons. I could go on. Also, no chance Brimfield isn't red.
Almost certainly. I'm dealing with a realtor now and am looking to move into the city of Milwaukee. His initial push was for me to look to the suburbs, but somebody who wanted to live in the "right" suburbs would know how to look for what they want and indicate so to the realtor.
That happened to us here. When the first realtor wanted to show us a bunch of gated communities, it took a lot of restraint not to insult her. She didn't understand why I wanted to live somewhere with sidewalks and front porches.
Memphis: That diagnal line is Poplar Ave which connected to 385. What is interesting is that the area between Barlett and Germantown was likely red about 15/20 years ago, but that is were the Black population is moving (Cordova), thus bringing "Black" politics.
I give credit to my realtor who didn't bat an eye, just said something like I can get more bang for the buck.
"You dont understand Mr.Wankler-is that German?People dont stand on porches here because everyone has illegal guns in those neighborhoods.At Cooter Run,only legal guns and good gun owners are allowed in And you cookout in the backyard ,where you can burn whatever you want in peace!"
Cooter run? Oh my, I couldn't get way with anything that stereotypical without Pete giving me a yellow.
Just recently I've been looking for a home. I currently live on the fringes of the Metro Detroit area and decided to move closer. Looked at moving to a town called Warren, bailed once i got annoyed dealing with seller and realizing the neighborhood was near a tank plant. It also made me realize that all of Macomb County is not my kind of place. Went back to my birthplace and found something. Annoying thing is I sacrificed a lot of space for convenience but I'm better off.
I stumbled upon this and was shocked. But on the other hand, $89k in SF isn't going to get you very far. Not surprised to see Midland MI on there (Dow Chemical). Flint had a chance a few years back to get a plant but the workers were being stubborn.* Detroit's making a comeback thankfully but still a lot of work to be done. *: source for this is my dad, who sat in on the meetings. The ten highest-earning cities in 1980 vs. 2016 (from Jump-Starting America). The SF Bay Area has effectively taken Michigan's place. The fact that Michigan is no longer in the top 10 shows how fleeting economic success can be. https://t.co/S79Or1aL7b pic.twitter.com/nEchEfyWpc— Bonnie Kavoussi (@bkavoussi) May 20, 2019
Nice tweet. Shows how the economy stopped being dominated by manufacturing (Michigan) and is now tech (California) and finance-based (New York). Pretty shocked that Midland, Texas was top 10 at any point. There's still a lot of oil jobs there but by all accounts, it's a terrible, crappy place.
I took an opportunity to yell back at a driver this morning. The thought crossed my mind to be polite and ignore him but that would have been so Omaha (or insert other non-large city).
My wife is comforted when NYC drivers shriek at each other. She says that's natural, all those submissive drivers in our burbs drive her crazy. City girl, through and through.
According to my wife, I shall have "THAT LIGHT'S NOT GETTING ANY GREENER!!!" engraved on my tombstone.
For those of you that get to drive with Wifey at your side do you get reminded that the gas gauge shows half full or half empty?
LMAO @ Cooter Run. That's probably a good real name for some of the neighborhoods these rednecks live in (as in, "Cooter runs from a racially transitioning school zone"). But they instead opt for horsey/slavey shit like "Saddle Chase Plantation". EDIT: Oops- seems there's a BS member with this name. If you get a tag, Mr. Cooter, please accept my apologies.
I got a wakeup call when sitting at a red and my then three year old muttered, "Daddy, when is the light going to fvcking change?". In other city news, here's a list of our ten biggest floods in history (from the river gauge on the landing downtown): (1) August 1993 (2) June 2019 (cresting tomorrow) (3) April 1973 (4) January 2016 (5) April 1785 (not a typo) (6) May 1995 (7) May 2017 (8) May 2019 (9) June 1844 (10) June 2013 5 of them in the last 6-7 years. Between climate change, suburbanization creating extra impermeable ground and our desire to protect every little bit of land via levee, this is going to get much worse.