[Texas_Jarhead]

"Little-used softball diamonds at Lucky Shoals Park in Norcross were recently converted into soccer fields."

This type of conversion in a reasonable barometer of cultural shift taking place in a neighborhood. I certainly noticed it when it happened in my old neighborhood.

[Pessimist]

"This type of conversion in a reasonable barometer of cultural shift taking place in a neighborhood"

Ya' know what else is? The race of the people on billboard advertisements.

When I'm out of town or in some strange area, I can always go by that to tell when I'm getting into a different neighborhood.

However homogonized the gvt or various other groups insist we view our cities, I'm convinced the ad agencies must actually have racial maps in their offices.