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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Without reading the articles, I'd guess at least part of it is an overall development boom in the county.  My neighborhood of SS is actually whiter today than it was 10 years ago, but there's also a TON more housing in the area than there was.  So our neighborhood of SFHs is getting whiter and more affluent while thousands of low income units go up a mile away.  [/quote]

The issue here isn't so much flight as affordable housing RE development. There has been "white flight" east of the county (w/ the exception of Takoma Park), but it appears its just migrating west of the county. Thus the main reason for the uptick in segregated schools.

On a separate note, I would be curious to see how profitable these affordable housing developers are in this area. MD is not business or landlord friendly for residential and commercial RE business owners. In fact, its extremely tenant friendly. I can't imagine that the margins would be worth it. Unless they are building crappy housing. Maybe thats it. [/quote]

But that doesn't account for the huge DROP in overall white students in MCPS. Where are they all going?[/quote]

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