I recently found some very interesting information. One of the whitest cities in America is next to one of the blackest cities in America. How do they compare?
Livonia Michigan is about 13 miles from the center of Detroit, MI, (and 2 miles from the western limits of detroit)
Livonia - 95.45% white
Detroit - 81.6% black
Livonia Median family income = $83,000
Detroit Median family income = $33,000
Living below the poverty line
Livonia 2%
Detroit 21%
Livonia population 100,000
Detroit population 700,000
violent crime(murder, robbery, rape, ect)
Detroit 338% higher than the national average
Livonia less than 1/3rd the national average
Heres where it gets interesting...home prices are not that much different.
Livonia median home price $102,000
Detroit median home price $70,000
So how can two cities so close be so different? Only one answer....one is full of whites and one is full of blacks.
So the question is...should white separete themselves from blacks, or should they integrate in the hopes that it will improve black communities?
Livonia Michigan is about 13 miles from the center of Detroit, MI, (and 2 miles from the western limits of detroit)
Livonia - 95.45% white
Detroit - 81.6% black
Livonia Median family income = $83,000
Detroit Median family income = $33,000
Living below the poverty line
Livonia 2%
Detroit 21%
Livonia population 100,000
Detroit population 700,000
violent crime(murder, robbery, rape, ect)
Detroit 338% higher than the national average
Livonia less than 1/3rd the national average
Heres where it gets interesting...home prices are not that much different.
Livonia median home price $102,000
Detroit median home price $70,000
So how can two cities so close be so different? Only one answer....one is full of whites and one is full of blacks.
So the question is...should white separete themselves from blacks, or should they integrate in the hopes that it will improve black communities?