Theos-Talk Archives (October 1997 Message tl00137)

A. Safron wrote:
> Chicago and its surrounding suburbs are a strange
> patchwork of races and ethnic groups.  Ever changing and
> shifting.  One neighborhood going downhill and then suddenly
> 10 years later its on the upswing.  All it takes it money.

	There are a number of upper-middle class minority communities in New
York City where, if you are not bigoted, you can buy a nice home with
good neighbors at a bargain rate. My wife and I once considered moving
into a West Indian neighborhood where she was attending church at the
time (I used to show up after services for coffee; I liked them far
better than the people at our neighborhood church, where I was treated
very coldly as a non-Christian). We didn't because of financial, not
racial reasons.

	Bart Lidofsky