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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

Same here. I'm in Burtonsville. White families in my neighborhood are dying out (literally) and the younger families with kids tend to go private.the demographics of my area have changed dramatically.[/quote]

Look into the history of Fairfax County sometime

Nearly half of the inner burbs have experienced white flight now

European poster hit the nail on the head.  Core cities are where the rich are and the inner burbs are decaying.  Contrary to popular belief edge cities are the fastest growing and are populated mainly by millennial of all races who can't afford the core city and are skipping over inner suburbs[/quote]

Another anecdote: White ppl in the FFX county planned subdivision I grew up in are being replaced by Indians, Asians, and Africans.  The whites that remain in the region tend move farther out and their kids, if they remain in the area, live closer in, DC, Arlington, or closer-in FFX.

I think the US saw White flight because when the national highway system developed and coincided with school desegregation, the cost in terms of time to move to the burbs was minimal and there were perceived serious risks of staying in the city.  Overpopulation in the burbs and resulting traffic has made living far out costly and current generations a bit less deterred by fact their kid will be in school with poor blacks.  This has led to reurbanization but I think the appeal of the city and its closeness to job centers, walkability thanks to being build mostly before the car, etc., is more limited in the US vs. Europe because we've concentrated our underclass in the cities and continue to do so through massive subsidies.[/quote]

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