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I guess, if your neighbor is of the same race as you are, that is de facto [b]segregation[/b].

Maybe we should extend that definition to "if your family does not have the right racial composition, it is a de facto segregation".
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You guess wrong.

In my experience as a white person, white people don't like it when their neighborhoods are described as segregated, because it makes them feel like someone's accusing them of being a bad person and a racist.

That doesn't make their neighborhoods any less segregated, though.

Here are some maps by county council district: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/95386/2017.12.28_montgomery_county_finalized_6.pdf

By census tract would be better, but I can't find any right now.[/quote]

Looks like being sarcastic did not help. Then let me put it straight: it looks like  having a good mix of different races in the county, is not enough, and you demand a better mix of races in various "districts"? Where does that end? sub-districts? sub-sub-districts? a few streets? one street? a few houses? one house?

To me, as long as people are not forced to live somewhere based on race, then there is no "segregation" issue. e.g. if people can't afford a house somewhere, that is not segregation - if too many people can't afford a house that becomes a social issue but it is not segregation. [/quote]

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