[wtc911]

"Ghetto" btw can mean anyplace where a racial or religious group congregates in large numbers, not necessarily housing projects, pawn shops, etc.

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By your definition Great Neck is a Jewish Ghetto and Manhasset is an Irish Ghetto. Of course that's not the case. An ethnic or economic or religious specific neighborhood is a ghetto only if outside forces create the isolation through some form of pressure, like with the Warsaw Ghetto.

[Clemenza]

A friend of mine once referred to Lawrence, NY as a "Gilded Ghetto." He grew up and still lives there.

Its all relative. A friend of mine raised in Palos Verdes, CA would definately refer to say Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, and Flushing as being "ghetto," while others would not go that far.