Then you're lucky. :) Seriously, one of the neighborhoods my foster son's mom lived in would be considered a "bad neighborhood" by Madison standards. It's racially diverse - there's not one dominant race there. Why is it bad? It's a series of poorly maintained, low cost apartment buildings that are known for drug dealing and prostitution. It's an economic thing, not a color thing. Was I afraid to go there? Nope. Would I want to raise kids there? Nope. There's no socio-economic diversity - no home owners, no college students, etc. Which isn't to say that there aren't some nice people there. She didn't stick in that neighborhood long enough for me to meet anyone, but I'm sure there were some nice families, just struggling to make ends meet.
Similarly, I wouldn't want to raise my kid in an all white farm community, either. Diversity is important, but it needs to be diversity on multiple levels. On 8/20/07, Sam wrote: > All the bad neighborhood's I lived in where. > > On 8/20/07, Deanna Schneider wrote: > > Huh - that's pretty much the neighborhood I live in, and I wouldn't > > have it any other way. > > > > Too bad all "bad neighborhoods" aren't really like that. > > > > On 8/19/07, Sam wrote: > > > http://ee.iusb.edu/index.php?/adp/blog/bad_neighborhood/ > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240804 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
