Mon Aug 31, 2015, 08:20 PM

gollygee (22,336 posts)

The best map ever made of America's racial segregation

http://www.wired.com/2013/08/how-segregated-is-your-city-this-eye-opening-map-shows-you/

A few cities:

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
The best map ever made of America's racial segregation (Original post)	gollygee	Aug 2015	OP
White: blue dots; African American: green dots; Asian: red; Latino: orange; all others: brown	Jim__	Aug 2015	#1
Third one is Detroit, where I grew up.	longship	Aug 2015	#2
Hamtramck	1939	Sep 2015	#6
Also, the best kielbasa on the planet! nt	longship	Sep 2015	#7
I grew up in the German section of Detroit (far east side)	1939	Sep 2015	#8
Don't miss Milwaukee, the most segregated city in America.	Scuba	Sep 2015	#3
Ya know we say that all the time but to see the map	dembotoz	Sep 2015	#4
Here's a map of Milwaukee from a different source, with different color coding	gollygee	Sep 2015	#5
Solutions? NT	1939	Sep 2015	#9
Detroit (Map #3) has always been one of the most segregated cities in this country	MrScorpio	Sep 2015	#10
SMH	Mr Dixon	Sep 2015	#11

Response to gollygee (Original post)

Mon Aug 31, 2015, 08:24 PM

Jim__ (13,378 posts)

1. White: blue dots; African American: green dots; Asian: red; Latino: orange; all others: brown

I didn't really get the maps without that legend.

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Mon Aug 31, 2015, 09:46 PM

longship (40,416 posts)

2. Third one is Detroit, where I grew up.

Yes, within the city. Proud 1966 graduate of Cooley High School, on Hubbel just south of Fenkell. Born and raised within the city.

The red area south of Eight Mile Road is the city of Hamtramck, which in my youth was almost 100% Polish and home to Shield's Bar that had the best pizza in town.

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Response to longship (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:21 AM

1939 (1,683 posts)

6. Hamtramck

Back around 1950, the city boasted a Polish language weekly newspaper and a Polish language AM radio station (as in polka music interrupted by commercials).

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Response to 1939 (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:31 AM

longship (40,416 posts)

7. Also, the best kielbasa on the planet! nt

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Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:41 AM

1939 (1,683 posts)

8. I grew up in the German section of Detroit (far east side)

Although my family is not German, most of our neighbors and my classmates at school had names like Bernhardt, Krause, Salzwadel, Schmidt, Stefan, Wetzelburg, etc.

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Response to gollygee (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 08:27 AM

Scuba (53,475 posts)

3. Don't miss Milwaukee, the most segregated city in America.

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Tue Sep 1, 2015, 08:43 AM

dembotoz (15,073 posts)

4. Ya know we say that all the time but to see the map

Bookmarked

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Response to Scuba (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 08:58 AM

gollygee (22,336 posts)

5. Here's a map of Milwaukee from a different source, with different color coding

If you follow this link, you'll get a ranking, and Milwaukee has a map you can see.

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-segregated-cities-census-maps-2013-4?op=1

I've read that it depends on how it's measured, but either Milwaukee or Detroit ranks as #1, depending on specifically what is looked at. This link has Detroit listed as #1, but I've seen others that have Milwaukee listed as #1.

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Response to gollygee (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:49 AM

1939 (1,683 posts)