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To: tejek who wrote (347742)	8/21/2007 10:19:43 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572932

" Same with Portland, MPLS, SF, Denver and few other American cites." I forgot River Oaks. Where George HW Bush lives. One of the most expensive zip codes in the country and not a poor black in sight. en.wikipedia.org But, that might bring into question what is the "inner city"? Does inside the Loop count or not? Is it Uptown or Downtown or something else? River Oaks is considered to be between the two. There just aren't that many people who live in Downtown Houston, it is mainly businesses and such. "Very few children live in Downtown; according to the 2000 U.S. census, there were 550 inhabitants under the age of 18 in the Downtown Super Neighborhood, which also has a strip of land east of Downtown. Of those children, any well-off children usually attend either other public schools or attend independent schools" en.wikipedia.org If it weren't for that strip of land to the east, the numbers would be even smaller. Now Uptown has more people. But, at a per capita income of $65k, it doesn't really count as poor. en.wikipedia.org Now, you can find lower incomes in Neartown. And even gangs. But it isn't quite what Shorty is describing. en.wikipedia.org What about Midtown? Nope. en.wikipedia.org To find the stuff that Shorty talks about, you have to get out into the Wards. And then, it is only true in some of them. en.wikipedia.org Even then, there are only a couple of thousand in a given Ward. So, in the only large city I am familiar with, there isn't the vast sea of poor black and Democratic voting bloc in the "inner city"(whatever that is) that Shorty talks about. In fact, for what few who actually live inside the Loop, a large number are at least moderately well off. Some are extremely well off. And trend strongly Democratic, for what it is worth...