# Tell Me About These American Places **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995 "2022-10-29T22:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/41 "2022-10-30T18:20:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > That’s pretty true of Naperville. Naperville has a nice riverwalk area, a decent city center, and a bit of character. Yeah, was going to say this. The downtown is a mixture of older stuff and newer amenities with a river walk and a small concert/performance area and a “colonial” historical area to visit. It’s well populated with stores and restaurants unlike some struggling downtown areas. Also the schools are some of the best in the immediate area. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/42 "2022-10-30T20:00:32Z")
It was pretty racially diverse when my wife was growing up (seventies and early eighties). When she was interviewed for a feature in the New York Daily News, she referred to it as “yuppie hell”. They changed it to “yuppie suburb”. I’m also pretty sure the schools aren’t mostly white. They weren’t when she was growing up. That certainly isn’t the case inside the DC Beltway. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/43 "2022-10-30T20:08:08Z")
You realize that you are going off 40 year old information? I don’t doubt that there are black doctors, engineers, and lawyers living in Columbia, and that their children go to local schools, but I don’t count that as “diversity.” ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/44 "2022-10-30T23:59:09Z")
Currently 45 percent of students at my wife’s high school (Wilde Lake) are African American. Looks pretty diverse to me. I’m a librarian, I know all about getting current information. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/45 "2022-10-31T02:53:33Z")
It might help to know where the fuck Wilde Lake high school is located. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/46 "2022-10-31T03:09:55Z")
I have a friend who came to live here in Ohio in 2020 who moved from Ft. Collins. I also have relatives that have lived there for decades, but I’m not close with them and I’ve never visited. I do know they complain about the amount of Hispanic people so I looked it up and Ft. Collins is 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Asian and 1.5% Black. I would not be surprised if my Colorado family members chose to move to Ft. Collins in the 80s because it was a very safe, White place to live. Cuz that’s how they roll. I also recall my friend who moved here saying that one of his jobs was working with the un-housed population in Ft. Collins and by jove, [it is a growing issue there](https://www.fcgov.com/socialsustainability/homelessness). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/47 "2022-10-31T03:28:19Z")
Columbia, Maryland. The town being talked about. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/48 "2022-10-31T03:32:29Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Currently 45 percent of students at my wife’s high school (Wilde Lake) are African American. Looks pretty diverse to me. I’m a librarian, I know all about getting current information. According to the 2020 Census, Columbia, MD, is now a “majority minority” community, with only 43% of the population being white. The city’s population is now 27% Black / African American. > **[Columbia, Maryland | 2020 census](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%2C_Maryland#2020_census)** > > The 2009-2013 census estimates report the median income for a household in the CDP was $99,877. The per capita income for the CDP was $46,374. About 4.1% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995/49 "2022-10-31T05:41:39Z")
Ignorance fought. It must then also be the most segregated city on the planet. When I am visiting family and going around town there is nary a brown person in sight. It is filled with boutique stores, high dollar town houses, and McMansions. There must be a place on the other side of town that is, for lack of a better word, the black section of town. Although, the ~$100k median income in 2013 gives me pause. That isn’t exactly people living on the government dole. Perhaps it is black doctors, lawyers, etc discussed above still with de facto segregation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-these-american-places/973995.md?page=2)