Take a look at the racial dot map the good people in Virginia have put together and play around with it. It’s like reading the phone book for the infographics generation – and I say that as a compliment.
Take a look at the racial dot map the good people in Virginia have put together and play around with it. It’s like reading the phone book for the infographics generation – and I say that as a compliment.
My first reaction was: non-white people tend to live in big cities. My second was: well, duh, a distinctive smaller percentage shows up where the numbers are bigger. My third was: there are still some pretty large empty places in the country. Of course some of them, like the Everglades, are not exactly where I would choose to live even if I could.
It could well be that modern immigrants simply have a tendency to flock to the population centers, because finding a job there is easier. But you’re right: segregation seems to be more prevalent in cities.
It was also interesting to look at the Virginia Tech campus and see (a) the high population density and (b) the racial distribution.
The first time, I missed the fact that you can zoom in. I wish you could zoom a little more! But as is, it is enough to show that we truly live in a diverse neighborhood.