White Flight 'Increasing Segregation' (UK)

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-28-2006 | Philip Johnson

[Myrddin]

My neighborhood, south of Jackson, is crimeless and 50% black. It has nothing to do with the color of the people living here, but the ambition and zeal for life of those people.

Good observation. I knew Mira Mesa was predominantly asian when I moved there in 1983. The nickname "Manila Mesa" had understandable roots. Most were first generation immigrants escaping the war in Viet Nam. They worked hard and their children worked hard. The attention to scholarship and achievement was a positive characteristic of the community. My sons benefited from that attitude. Their friends spanned every racial and ethnic group. A successfully integrated community...for a time. Not anymore. That's part of the reason I left.

[driftless2]

This last September my wife and I spent four days in London. We stayed at a hotel just a few blocks from Buckingham Palace. While we saw non-white people, the great majority of people we saw in downtown London were white. If London is losing indigenous white people by the droves, we certainly didn't come to that conclusion.

[Longhorn Cajun]

Mr. Lamb meet your new roommates, these are the Hyena triplets.