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Originally Posted by urbanadvocate
With the exception of Oakland and Portland which are clearly not racially integrated, west coast cities do appear more integrated to me on a "perception" level.
Granted there are clearly African American neighborhoods in LA and latino neighborhoods in SD but as a whole are pretty integrated. I wonder how much of this is perception is skewed by a higher proportion of wealthy Asians.
I know many years ago, Sacramento, for example, was titled the most racially integrated US city by a Harvard study but I cannot recall how this was measured or determined.
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Funnily enough in Canada in Vancouver BC a higher percentage of Asians tends to mean an area is poorer. You have Richmond which is around 70% Asian with cheaper homes, Vancouver which has around 50% and West Vancouver which has around 30% and prices go up as the % of Asians go down.
I know there's this perception of wealthy Asians but I suspect this has more to do with a combination of Sinophobia and surprise at a small percentage of a minority having money. Plus of course the fact that Asians on average score the highest on the SATs so second generation Asians tend to do well.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
Wow, Canadian South Asians really are totally different from U.S. South Asians. Same demographic distribution as black population.
And I'm a little surprised at the Chinese numbers. Maybe most of the blingy, big-spending Chinese you see in Toronto live in the burbs, or aren't permanent residents (wealthy HK/mainland college students or something?). If you visit a high-spending venue like Holt Renfrew or a club with bottle service, it seems very Chinese.
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Canada's equivalent of African-Americans is First Nations. Same embarrassing history of actions we regret, over-representation in the criminal justice system, higher drug+std rates, etc. We have policies targeting this minority same as the US does for African-Americans.
You will see high numbers of foreign students in Canada's 3 big international student cities so Chinese numbers make sense. Youth of any ethnicity tend to be huge shoppers because they can blow their monthly allowance unlike us adults who got to work and save. Foreign youth just tend to get a bigger allowance and be stupider with it.