Of the 20 counties with the highest level of middle class "white flight," 5 are in the DC area

[Anonymous]

https://www.theroot.com/new-study-shows-white-people-dont-like-living-near-blac-1825544447

.. the 20 counties with the highest levels of middle-class white flight were:

Prince George’s County, Md.
Montgomery County, Md.
Fairfax County, Va.
Prince William County, Va.
Loudoun County, Va.

plus 15 others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.theroot.com/new-study-shows-white-people-dont-like-living-near-blac-1825544447

.. the 20 counties with the highest levels of middle-class white flight were:

Prince George’s County, Md.
Montgomery County, Md.
Fairfax County, Va.
Prince William County, Va.
Loudoun County, Va.

plus 15 others

Hmmm, I still see tons of white people in both Fairfax and Loudoun. YMMV, though.

[Anonymous]

I live in PG. who are these white people who are fleeing? I see more white people in many parts of the county and other parts seem to have few if any to begin with. Oh well. We don’t miss you, fellow white people!

[Anonymous]

And look at that, they are all wealthy, vibrant, diverse, hard working, and educated.

If the white people that are fleeing are whiny Republicans, then good riddance.

[Anonymous]

Note that it's talking about flight from neighborhoods within a county, not flight from the county as a whole.

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X17305422

Abstract:

Scholars have continued to debate the extent to which white flight remains racially motivated or, in contrast, the result of socioeconomic concerns that proxy locations of minority residence. Using 1990–2010 census data, this study contributes to this debate by re-examining white flight in a sample of both poor and middle-class suburban neighborhoods. Findings fail to provide evidence in support of the racial proxy hypothesis. To the contrary, for neighborhoods with a larger non-white presence, white flight is instead more likely in middle-class as opposed to poorer neighborhoods. These results not only confirm the continued salience of race for white flight, but also suggest that racial white flight may be motivated to an even greater extent in middle-class, suburban neighborhoods. Theoretically, these findings point to the decoupling of economic and racial residential integration, as white flight may persist for groups even despite higher levels of socioeconomic attainment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note that it's talking about flight from neighborhoods within a county, not flight from the county as a whole.

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X17305422

Abstract:

Scholars have continued to debate the extent to which white flight remains racially motivated or, in contrast, the result of socioeconomic concerns that proxy locations of minority residence. Using 1990–2010 census data, this study contributes to this debate by re-examining white flight in a sample of both poor and middle-class suburban neighborhoods. Findings fail to provide evidence in support of the racial proxy hypothesis. To the contrary, for neighborhoods with a larger non-white presence, white flight is instead more likely in middle-class as opposed to poorer neighborhoods. These results not only confirm the continued salience of race for white flight, but also suggest that racial white flight may be motivated to an even greater extent in middle-class, suburban neighborhoods. Theoretically, these findings point to the decoupling of economic and racial residential integration, as white flight may persist for groups even despite higher levels of socioeconomic attainment.

I agree. This is a nuance that is left out of the original post. We're talking Aspen Hill, not Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note that it's talking about flight from neighborhoods within a county, not flight from the county as a whole.

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X17305422

Abstract:

Scholars have continued to debate the extent to which white flight remains racially motivated or, in contrast, the result of socioeconomic concerns that proxy locations of minority residence. Using 1990–2010 census data, this study contributes to this debate by re-examining white flight in a sample of both poor and middle-class suburban neighborhoods. Findings fail to provide evidence in support of the racial proxy hypothesis. To the contrary, for neighborhoods with a larger non-white presence, white flight is instead more likely in middle-class as opposed to poorer neighborhoods. These results not only confirm the continued salience of race for white flight, but also suggest that racial white flight may be motivated to an even greater extent in middle-class, suburban neighborhoods. Theoretically, these findings point to the decoupling of economic and racial residential integration, as white flight may persist for groups even despite higher levels of socioeconomic attainment.

I agree. This is a nuance that is left out of the original post. We're talking Aspen Hill, not Bethesda.

Interesting. I wonder which neighborhoods they were talking about in Loudoun and Fairfax then.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's on a neighborhood level

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And look at that, they are all wealthy, vibrant, diverse, hard working, and educated.

If the white people that are fleeing are whiny Republicans, then good riddance.

The people most anxious to live in a lily-white neighborhood and send their kids to lily-white schools are... wealthy liberal Democrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And look at that, they are all wealthy, vibrant, diverse, hard working, and educated.

If the white people that are fleeing are whiny Republicans, then good riddance.

The people most anxious to live in a lily-white neighborhood and send their kids to lily-white schools are... wealthy liberal Democrats.

YES. Look at Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note that it's talking about flight from neighborhoods within a county, not flight from the county as a whole.

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X17305422

Abstract:

Scholars have continued to debate the extent to which white flight remains racially motivated or, in contrast, the result of socioeconomic concerns that proxy locations of minority residence. Using 1990–2010 census data, this study contributes to this debate by re-examining white flight in a sample of both poor and middle-class suburban neighborhoods. Findings fail to provide evidence in support of the racial proxy hypothesis. To the contrary, for neighborhoods with a larger non-white presence, white flight is instead more likely in middle-class as opposed to poorer neighborhoods. These results not only confirm the continued salience of race for white flight, but also suggest that racial white flight may be motivated to an even greater extent in middle-class, suburban neighborhoods. Theoretically, these findings point to the decoupling of economic and racial residential integration, as white flight may persist for groups even despite higher levels of socioeconomic attainment.

I agree. This is a nuance that is left out of the original post. We're talking Aspen Hill, not Bethesda.

There are white people in my Aspen Hill neighborhood. They are part of a diverse neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

If whites want to live together, so what? I don't care. People can live near whoever they want as far as I'm concerned.

Minorities don't have a right to have a certain number of white people living near them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note that it's talking about flight from neighborhoods within a county, not flight from the county as a whole.

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X17305422

Abstract:

Scholars have continued to debate the extent to which white flight remains racially motivated or, in contrast, the result of socioeconomic concerns that proxy locations of minority residence. Using 1990–2010 census data, this study contributes to this debate by re-examining white flight in a sample of both poor and middle-class suburban neighborhoods. Findings fail to provide evidence in support of the racial proxy hypothesis. To the contrary, for neighborhoods with a larger non-white presence, white flight is instead more likely in middle-class as opposed to poorer neighborhoods. These results not only confirm the continued salience of race for white flight, but also suggest that racial white flight may be motivated to an even greater extent in middle-class, suburban neighborhoods. Theoretically, these findings point to the decoupling of economic and racial residential integration, as white flight may persist for groups even despite higher levels of socioeconomic attainment.

I agree. This is a nuance that is left out of the original post. We're talking Aspen Hill, not Bethesda.

Interesting. I wonder which neighborhoods they were talking about in Loudoun and Fairfax then.

this includes moving away from Asians... are there places that are predominately Asian/East Indian?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And look at that, they are all wealthy, vibrant, diverse, hard working, and educated.

If the white people that are fleeing are whiny Republicans, then good riddance.

The people most anxious to live in a lily-white neighborhood and send their kids to lily-white schools are... wealthy liberal Democrats.

That's not necessarily true. Look at Wilson High School in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And look at that, they are all wealthy, vibrant, diverse, hard working, and educated.

If the white people that are fleeing are whiny Republicans, then good riddance.

The people most anxious to live in a lily-white neighborhood and send their kids to lily-white schools are... wealthy liberal Democrats.

YES. Look at Arlington.

It didn’t make the naughty list.