I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic divides and wanted to see what other cities looked like mapped the same way. To match his map, Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Gray is Other, and each dot is 25 people. Data from Census 2000. Base map © OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SA
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vvolkman 14 months ago | reply
Having lived 3 city blocks from the Detroit pink/blue border the first 18 years of my life, there are no surprises for me.
K8VF 14 months ago | reply
Qu'ote- "If Blacks move across 8 Mile the whites will shoot through their windows while they are sleeping.'
This is just an irresponsible remark and should be deleted.
As a native Detroiter and resident until 1991, I had black neighbors in ST Clair Shores after that where there was no animosity at all.
People will naturally desire to be among those who share their mores and traditions.
if you move into a neighborhood and are vastly different, you may not like it there, or your neighbors may choose to leave.
In MOST cases I have seen, folks mingle with no problems.
In Detroit, the crony government is the major issue to many who have left.
Remediatedteacher 12 months ago | reply
This is an amazing map. If there was a Pulitzer for flickr contributions, I'd say you should be nominated. I teach in the Detroit area and will be using your map in class.
dpowen.rm 12 months ago | reply
See that one red dot in the middle of the blue area in Detroit? That's Eminem. Poor dude still thinks he's fly.