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DayJob93 t1_jeehsaq wrote

Reply to comment by Dryheavemorning in Analysis | Are Philadelphia and Boston really the most neighborly cities in America? by PhillyAccount

Ok gotta be careful here. This article includes Wilmington and Camden in our metro area. Two very segregated cities that probably make us look worse on average. Also a metro area that dwarves the Boston metro area by population (especially minority population) so I’m not sure if any of their data is corrected for population. Your posting a 6ABC article to make a demographic data argument. I would find a better source

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Dryheavemorning t1_jeeikmk wrote

It's actually worse if we just look at the City. Instead of #13 we are #2 most segregated in the country between black and white only behind Chicago.. This is the Inky so hopefully they are an acceptable source to quote the Census data for you.

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DayJob93 t1_jeejc1t wrote

They are I appreciate the additional source. After some quick googling I’ve seen Philly as “low” as 13 and as high as 2 per Inky so there’s some variability in the methods that I don’t understand. Either way, it seems like many northeast more industrial cities, Philly is highly segregated. Could be our size during the Industrial Revolution attracted many black southerners and entrenched them in certain areas due to red lining. Maybe Boston had a smaller migration of black southerners during this period seeking work in northeast cities

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