Is there modern White flight out of the suburbs happen in DC?

[Anonymous]

White infill is undoubtedly happening to many major metro areas including D.C. which is displacing the poor and minorities. Seeing that most end in the suburbs which for the most part save a couple apparently designated "desirable" close in location and specific locations are faster than others. History is pretty clear what happens to communities once they hit a tipping point percentage.

If we are in the inverse of 1968, does that also hint at that the suburbs are headed for many of the pitfalls that inflicted American cities for the better part of 40 years? Interesting article

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/white-flight-alive-and-well/399980/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White infill is undoubtedly happening to many major metro areas including D.C. which is displacing the poor and minorities. Seeing that most end in the suburbs which for the most part save a couple apparently designated "desirable" close in location and specific locations are faster than others. History is pretty clear what happens to communities once they hit a tipping point percentage.

If we are in the inverse of 1968, does that also hint at that the suburbs are headed for many of the pitfalls that inflicted American cities for the better part of 40 years? Interesting article

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/white-flight-alive-and-well/399980/

If you want to recycle an old Atlantic article, you really need to come up with something better than that word salad of a post to accompany it.

[Anonymous]

I think yes in some suburbs, not in others.

Also things are not just black and white (literally) anymore. Lots of people from all over now.

Birthrate of those white hipsters in DC is extremely low so while it is sociologically interesting don't expect it's going to result in some huge wave of rich white city kids in 20 years.

[Anonymous]

If the question is will the suburbs that become the disproportional landing spots for the displaced poor and minorities experience a degree of ghettoization? The answer is likely yes to most of them. Time and time again it has happened in America and if anything, the suburban ghettos are slower and less likely to recover because there is less to draw people back in to reinvest compared to Urban.

DC is somewhat an abnormally in the USA as it has both high minority poor areas and high minority middle class areas so there is some detachment between SES and demographic indicators. I would be very very careful and cautious in any area currently that is seeing a surge in FARM kids or individuals living near the poverty line in what is clearly a peiord of regional prosperity when most areas are losing their poorer residents.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't in a million years live in PG county of that's what you are asking. I have not seen any migration of poor into my Virginia community. We have plenty people of color, lots of Asians with deep pockets. My kids school is 45% white and a farms rate of 5%.

[Anonymous]

I am in Moco and without naming the specific area have seen white flight I am relatively new to the area but was looking at the demographic for our local school. I dont remember the exact numbers but in the 90's there were approx 60% white kids and the rest were other races, It has gradually switched over and is now only about 8% white.
So either the white people are moving or they are all sending their kids private which I find hard to believe. Makes me sad.

[Anonymous]

Look to major European cities as a model of what will happen here. The wealthier, the closer in you live. The poorer, the further out, until you get to the country estates. I would look at places like Prince William County, Loudoun County, Frederick and Howard Counties as places where that sort of turnover will take place. Meanwhile, DC, Hyattsville, Silver Spring, Arlington etc will prosper.

Likely areas adjacent to mass transit like Metro and Purlple Line will continue to do well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look to major European cities as a model of what will happen here. The wealthier, the closer in you live. The poorer, the further out, until you get to the country estates. I would look at places like Prince William County, Loudoun County, Frederick and Howard Counties as places where that sort of turnover will take place. Meanwhile, DC, Hyattsville, Silver Spring, Arlington etc will prosper.

Likely areas adjacent to mass transit like Metro and Purlple Line will continue to do well.

Doubtful in Loudoun County. You clearly are ingnorant of business development and jobs. So many high paying high tech jobs along the Dulles corridor. This is driving prices up, incomes up and condensing the poor into smaller and smaller areas. Amazon just closed a deal for even more office space doubling their operations. I could go on and on and on about all the growth along the tech corridor. My DH is in commercial real estate and based on what he has seen happening, we've purchased 1 investmwnt property a year in Loudoun (have 5 total) and they are all rented to high income professional singles and young families.

[Anonymous]

There will always be white flight as white people are fickle and scare easy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There will always be white flight as white people are fickle and scare easy

HA! This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am in Moco and without naming the specific area have seen white flight I am relatively new to the area but was looking at the demographic for our local school. I dont remember the exact numbers but in the 90's there were approx 60% white kids and the rest were other races, It has gradually switched over and is now only about 8% white.
So either the white people are moving or they are all sending their kids private which I find hard to believe. Makes me sad.

I think we may live in the same area! It is sad. There seem to be plenty of white people in my neighborhood but many of them are elderly and if they are young enough to have kids, send their kids to private schools. Mine will be going to public though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am in Moco and without naming the specific area have seen white flight I am relatively new to the area but was looking at the demographic for our local school. I dont remember the exact numbers but in the 90's there were approx 60% white kids and the rest were other races, It has gradually switched over and is now only about 8% white.
So either the white people are moving or they are all sending their kids private which I find hard to believe. Makes me sad.

Welp, encourage your white friends to start having kids. The white birth rate has been declining for years here and in Europe as well.

[Anonymous]

No. The only part of D.C. In which I would live is Georgetown. I don't want to die. And I'd never move to D.C. Until my kids are long gone. D.C. has the worst public school system

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. The only part of D.C. In which I would live is Georgetown. I don't want to die. And I'd never move to D.C. Until my kids are long gone. D.C. has the worst public school system

This is, quite frankly, hysterical. In every sense of the word. I can only guess you haven't set foot in DC in a great number of years, if not decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am in Moco and without naming the specific area have seen white flight I am relatively new to the area but was looking at the demographic for our local school. I dont remember the exact numbers but in the 90's there were approx 60% white kids and the rest were other races, It has gradually switched over and is now only about 8% white.
So either the white people are moving or they are all sending their kids private which I find hard to believe. Makes me sad.

I think we may live in the same area! It is sad. There seem to be plenty of white people in my neighborhood but many of them are elderly and if they are young enough to have kids, send their kids to private schools. Mine will be going to public though!

Why is it sad? Seriously. White people are not endangered. It cracks me up to hear white people lamenting this given their historic lack of empathy for, say, Native Americans who they almost completely wiped out. There are plenty of y'all. Calm down.