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Originally Posted by Crawford
I don't think most non-urbanites are particularly attuned to such nuances.
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maybe not on an overly conscious level, but the fact that words like "urban" are indeed losing their former coded racial meaning (no, perhaps not among the white UMC boomers 30 miles out in their 1/2 acre mcmansions, but among younger generations, very much yes), and a term like "inner city" is just straight-up being used less than it was 25 years ago, does indicate to me that there is at least a vague and general subconscious awareness of these changes taking place.