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Originally Posted by ardecila
I guess that's true but my impression of West Englewood is the Latino community pushing east/lakeward from Gage Park and Chicago Lawn. That is a very unusual move for Chicago where groups tend to move outward over time, or teleport into wealthy/gentrifying areas like Lakeview, River North, or Wicker Park. It's also unusual in the sense that departing Black residents have historically left a vacuum in their wake, followed by mass abandonment and demolition. It's nice to see a real demographic transition in West Englewood so we aren't laying waste to a whole section of the city.
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Maybe it ties back to the gentrification in places like Wicker Park, Logan Square, Humboldt Park, Avondale, etc? It's possible these people are being priced out of North/West Side neighborhoods and migrating to the South Side in response.