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McLean, VA, is almost exclusively white and well off.  Bailey's Crossroads has many Latinos.  If you do not think that this segregation is purposeful and motivated by an inherent bias, please read these message boards more carefully when parents complain about certain school districts being overrun by the Latino immigrants, or about ESOL instruction.

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I don't know when you moved to LA, but you are mistaken if you believe McLean is "almost exclusively white."  It has a substantial Asian population and some parts of McLean have up to a 40% minority population.  In general, Asians do not appreciate being characterized or treated as "white."  I don't think there's any doubt but that some whites and Asians prefer to live in areas with fewer Hispanics and blacks.  Maybe many parts of LA areas are more integrated, but I'd bet the "well off" in those areas are more likely to send their kids to private schools than people in NoVa.  In either case, the neighborhoods around USC are likely to be a new experience for a 16 or 17-year-old girl raised in NoVa, so I can understand why some posters might have reservations about sending their own kids off to USC at a young age. [/quote]

I lived in McLean for over a decade, and left the area a year ago.  I would love to see the demographics that demonstrate that McLean is not "almost exclusively white".  Could you provide a demographic breakdown of the area?  It is undoubtedly almost exclusively affluent.[/quote]

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