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Originally Posted by White Fox
It's the fault of the white people that don't want to live in a multi-racial community because they think that minorities will lead to the degradation of their neighborhoods. They leave and devalue the property, letting poorer people in (who often happen to be more minorities). Poverty then contributes to the downfall of those communities, as crime rates, drugs, and gangs all increase.
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Yup...pretty much.
Here in St. Louis, we suffer from major urban sprawl. All the whitey-whitebreads are packing up and moving to predominantly white suburbs. They're moving into neighborhoods where the mean income is so high, they're guaranteed their own little whitebread oasis. What's even worse, is that these cute little planned communities also house all their commercial needs as well (quaint little grocery store, doctors, dentists, etc.). They literally have no reason to go back into the city...and they shun it like a dominating mother-in-law.