[pj3000]

No one is claiming that DC is more diverse in population than LA. So let’s make sure that this doesn’t go anywhere near that direction.

DC does in fact have a significant Hispanic population, now numbering over 1M in the area. Again, the majority are foreign born.

No one is talking only about cities proper.

DC’s large diversity is much more prominent in its suburban areas, for reasons already mentioned. And it is highly integrated as the maps in the other thread display... likely the most diverse and integrated areas of any metro area, if you believe the map. There is extraordinary integration in the Maryland suburbs, and it is also present, but less so in the Virginia suburbs. Anyone who has spends time in these areas will experience a highly diverse mix of people living over a large geographic area, and which is difficult to find many places in the US.

I’m not talking about long-established ethnic enclaves. I’m taking about an integrated diverse population, Asian, black, Hispanic, white, etc. that pretty much lives in the suburbs together because DC is way too fucking expensive.

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