Is Houston segregated? (Dallas, Arlington, The Woodlands: transplants, apartments, homes)

[kreeyax]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

The Northern burbs of Houston arent diverse in the slightest (The Woodlands, Conroe, Humble, etc.). They are every bit as not diverse as Frisco and Little Elm on the northern reaches of Dallas.

You don't think Little Elm is diverse? That's odd, because I felt it was very diverse when I lived there until recently. There were many black, hispanic, and white families in the neighborhood I lived in. Not many asian families though.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by Scarface713

Arlington is about as diverse as Humble.

Right LOL

[majicdonjuan]

Houston's segregated by class, not so much by race, imo.

Dallas? Hahahahahaha... there's some color in those northern neighborhoods nowadays, moreso than even 10 or 15 years ago. So I guess that can be called progress?

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by majicdonjuan

Houston's segregated by class, not so much by race, imo.

Dallas? Hahahahahaha... there's some color in those northern neighborhoods nowadays, moreso than even 10 or 15 years ago. So I guess that can be called progress?

I live in North Dallas by the Galleria. I highly doubt white is even the most common race here any more (at least not in my neighborhood). Hispanic probably is, but there are also alot of younger black couples and families here too. Across the street is a black church. And this is all in Far North Dallas by the galleria.

Look at Richardson. Spring Valley between Hillcrest and 75 turned into a Xerox of something out of Mexico.

Plano's Hispanic and Asian percentages are shooting up while its white percentage is falling fast.

East Collin county and Little Elm are becoming very popular for black families too.

[Trae713]

The Galleria area in Dallas has always beenthat way though. That's the area where more minorities in North Dallas lived. Dallas is still pretty segregated, by race and class, but it is changing.

[DtX4415]

Originally Posted by Scarface713

Dallas is still pretty segregated, by race and class, but it is changing.

Yeah, The City Dallas has been starting gentrification in some areas over the last decade.

The city of Houston started that alot earlier which is the main reason why Houston is more "diverse" now as people on here like to call it.

[Youngkris718]

Dallas is way segregated compared to houston

[mee9mee9]

what about the time pre-1980s in Houston? did any minorities live in the suburbs, have good paying jobs like doctor, engineer, nurse, accountant, etc., go to school with whites? were their any noticeable biracial or multiracial people? i never been to houston but ive read its a multicultural melting pot but ive have always wondered how long it has been like this.

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by mee9mee9

what about the time pre-1980s in Houston? did any minorities live in the suburbs, have good paying jobs like doctor, engineer, nurse, accountant, etc., go to school with whites? were their any noticeable biracial or multiracial people? i never been to houston but ive read its a multicultural melting pot but ive have always wondered how long it has been like this.

There weren't really any suburbs back then. Sugar Land was a tiny little town and Katy may as well have been halfway to San Antonio.

And the creative geniuses hadn't even formulated the idea of "Hey, we could just replace "Sugar" with a fruit and call it the same thing!"

[crone]

Can't remember which NY oil company moved a bunch of folks here to their newly built building back in the 60's. I think it was Humble. That started it. That was about the same time Champions was started. By the mid 70's the 1960 area was growing fast. Sugar Creek was growing fast by the early 80's, IIRC. The Woodlands and Kingwood got going in the early 70's. Most all the suburbs around any Big Town, USA were white flight.

We had a biracial baby in the mid 70's. We brought him to Texas at Thanksgiving. Some relatives shunned us, most were way nicer than they'd ever been before.

If there were any noticeable minorities at Spring high school it had to be just a few. My kid volunteered to host an exchange student in 1980. Her school friends were shocked that she could have that person live in her home. I think the kids were pretty much OK with everybody, but the parents took a while to adjust.

DH got out of college in the mid 60's. A friend who was in most of his engineering classes was not hired like everybody else. Most had a job by the beginning of the spring semester of their senior year. He got a job driving a truck until he could save the money to move north. There were tons of Iranian and Syrian students, everywhere.