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Originally Posted by Capsicum
Is downtown LA as demographically Hispanic as the city as a whole, or downtown Chicago as demographically black as the city or metro area as a whole? Manhattan's not representative of the demographics of New York city either.
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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.