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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill
How so? To which cities does it compare favorably to? Most of LA is too low-slung, auto-centric, and doesn't have good enough transit to compete with most Latin American or worse, Asian cities. And the differences in pedestrian activity, too, are worth mentioning. Walking and using mass transit is more or less the norm in such places; as it stands, in LA, it is the exception. Hopefully that will change, though.
And yes, it is not at all to controversial to say Central LA can use more white people. Or really, any sort of non-Mexican people. Some 70% of LA´s Hispanics are from one country (México). East and Southeast LA both have numerous census tracts where the demographics are in upwards of 90% Hispanic. Although I speak Spanish and generally enjoy Latin American cultures (and live in a Latin American city!), for the sake of multiculturalism, I hope LA doesn't go the same route as Miami.
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Maybe Mayor V should divert funds to scour Scandinavia for tall blondes. A couple of thousand light-skinned Italians might be OK too.
Not to get over worried about this, but we should be clear that we are talking ethnicity not race. The Hispanics (or blacks or Asians, etc.) who are fully assimilated into general California/LA culture are no different from whites with the same acculturation. Just to chose a number, 1/4 of Hispanics probably fall into this category, and should not be distinguished from people originating in New York or Iowa.
The real issue in LA is the poorly assimilated, often illegal, often illiterate rural Hispanic groups. If they came, as many Asians do, with computer skills and business capital and bought season tickets to the opera, no one would view them as a problem. They would be plenty "white" enough.
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