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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I happen to live close to downtown DC and we consider diversity a plus. I love that my preschooler interacts with professional people of all races on a daily basis and hope it leaves an impression on him.

That said, if I ever had an overwhelming desire to move to the burbs for safety, schools, and the posh suburban life (unlikely), yeah let's be honest that I'm going to take race into account in the sense that if I find out the neighborhood is 90 percent black (say pg county) that it's going to be a pretty clear sign that we probably wouldn't fit in. Even the same if I found out a neighborhood is 90 percent Jewish. These are communities that are very tight, have strong religious affiliations and otherwise have some core cultural cornerstones that we either may not totally jive with or alternatively may feel excluded from. Anybody on here arguing that this doesn't still happen in droves is deluding themselves. That said, if my agent drove me to a nice posh suburb and there were some white kids biking on the street, a black family walking a baby, and some Hispanic kids playing in the yard, it would be a big plus to me - as opposed to seeing a bunch of white people doing all that stuff, which would freak me out about the burbs and probably convince me it wasn't the right place for me![/quote]

In that case, yes - I would consider race.  I don't want to live in a neighborhood that is 90% of any race (even my own).  I also live downtown and enjoy the diversity (racial and SES) of living here.

As for the poster who said liberals being inclusive, I find many of the liberals living in DC are limousine liberals.  [/quote]

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