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Originally Posted by Crawford
I'd say downtown LA and Manhattan, to a lesser extent, are both pretty reflective of their overall metro demographics. Downtown LA is very Mexican and Asian. Downtown Chicago, probably no.
Manhattan is stereotyped as white and wealthy, but the overall racial and economic demographics are reflective of the metro, and there are large tracts of subsidized housing in even the wealthiest neighborhoods. There are housing projects on the Upper East Side.
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Downtown LA residential population was 52% white in 2013. I'm sure it's passed 60% or 65% in the past 6 years.
There's only certain sections that feel Mexican and streets like Broadway are changing dramatically.