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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol at all of the people lying through their teeth in this thread. Of course everyone considers race. You don't see bleeding heart liberals moving to the depths of PG county, nor do you see many[b] African Americans moving to Old Town Alexandria.[/b] for the Canadian OP: people pay attention to race because they are concerned about property values and crime. Like it or not, certain demographics are more likely to commit violent crimes and property crimes. There is a history in this country of "blockbusting," where realtors would use subterfuge to sell one or a couple houses on a block to African Americans, then would start throwing bricks through people's windows to make them think the neighborhood was going to hell in a hand basket. The realtors would put their business cards and flyers all over the neighborhood and, before you knew it, the white home owners would be selling like hot cakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting).[/quote]

FYI, that's all that used to live in Old Town. And not that  long  ago. The Old Town residents closer to Potomac Yard was almost 100% AA  in the 80s - 2000s. [/quote]

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