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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ said by someone who lives in Virginia? Seriously, what are you smoking. PG is segregated, as is a lot of Bethesda and Potomac. Say what you want about Silver Spring, but it's about the most diverse jurisdiction in the area...it's not lily-white, but it;s not majority anything.[/quote]

Not from VA. I am from a diverse area of Montgomery County. Yes Bethesda, Potomac and [b]Silver Spring are not diverse[/b].

Germantown and Gaithersburg are more diverse - though the have pockets that are not diverse also. They have more neighbohoods that are diverse both economically and racially. (it was done with well planned MPDU's, HUD, etc.)

Not lilly-white does not equal diversity.

Look at QO has the same diversity structure as Blair without the segregation of the neighborhoods.[/quote]

Are you talking about schools, neighborhoods or entire "towns" (I know MC doesn't really have many actual towns, but lets call Bethesda, Potomac and SS towns for the sake of argument)? Our local elementary school has no single race in the majority. The single family homes neighborhoods that feed into it are majority white, but there are also blacks, asians and latinos in the neighborhood. The apartment buildings are mostly black and latino, but from many different countries. Is every country on earth presented? No. Are there any mega-wealthy families? No. But it is still incredibly diverse.[/quote]

If it was diverse there would be mega-wealthy families also. 
I agree that it is important to look at the diversity within the 30/30/30. (i.e. many different countries) but if you say ... oh well in Bethesda within the white group there are many different countries people get all bent out of shape but I do think it is important.

The biggest problem is that if you took wealthy, rich, middle, and poor is the diversity still 30/30/30 in those groups. It is not, which gives kids the false sense that black and hispanic kids are poor and white kids are not. (it also give teachers that sense too)

Yes, compared to many areas in MD it has more diversity that others but the diversity lacks balance. SS is not the only place in this area that is "not diverse" because it lacks balance. there are other communities that have a better balance. There are actually neighborhoods in SS that are balanced. I just would not say all of SS is balanced in their diversity, within SS there are neighborhoods/schools/communities that are very segregated.  [/quote]

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