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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear people say DC is segregated by race, but West DC where all the rich people live has a black population of 8%, west Los Angeles has a black population of 3% and the Upper eastside of NYC has a black population of 2.5%, the only outlier is Buckhead ATL, which has a black population of 16%, DC private schools have 11- 30% black population depending on the school, Atlanta caps out at 5- 10%, NYC is 5-10%, and Los angeles is 2-13%

I just don't understand how DC is segregated by race and not money[/quote]

47% of DC's population is black; 45% is white. If 47% of DC is black, and only 8% of the people in your neighborhood are black, then yes your neighborhood is segregated by race.[/quote]

You are wrong , the percentage of blacks that make 200K or more a year in DC is 6% of their population, (higher than any other city) , so if 8% of the people that live in Ward 3 are black, it is an out-performance based on income[/quote]

I think you're assuming that only rich people should be able to live in Ward 3, which is, of course, ridiculous.  We should have affordable housing in all wards, but ward 3 fights it.  Which seems to me like structural racism, because they're literally trying to keep poor black and hispanic people out of their neighborhoods and schools. [/quote]

Not at all.  Anyone of any color, race or creed is welcome to purchase a home in Ward 3 - just like any other Ward.  Nobody is pushing anyone away.  And this all goes to OP’s question - the city is divided by wealth. And no thank you to tearing down trees and green space and single family homes to jam in some affordable housing building which will be only 30% for affordable housing applicants and the rest is a cash cow for developers.  Surely you know the reality?  And once one building goes up - a ton more will folllow - with developers laughing to the bank.[/quote]

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