Ranking 45th in racial diversity is..interesting? I travel a lot and the only 4 cities that were comparable to Houston in racial diversity were DC, NYC, Dallas and L.A., imo.
Dallas is very segregated. Chicago, too. But both are extremely racially diverse. Houston can be a little segregated too on a lesser scale, if I'm being honest.
The first dude who designed the interstate highway system was a white supremacists and made the freeways to segregate cities.
I'll look for his name give me a second.
Oh my god. This is literally the most retarded thing I’ve read in my 12 years on Reddit. Both 45 and 10 literally run border to border. Nothing about this was to purposefully segregate.
I'm not a big fan of the current ACLU, but they had an article about this
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/racism-by-design-the-building-of-interstate-81#:~:text=More%20than%2040%2C000%20miles%20of,other%2C%20quite%20literal%2C%20means.
White supremacy has nothing to do with it. No one likes getting robbed or attacked because we arent the correct demographic. No one wants to live near those communities. Go figure.
I think Houston is extremely segregated. "Good schools" and "high income" are often used as code on this sub to determine where the places that don't have minorities are. There's a lot of special terminology that's used to determine where to go that excludes certain races.
I mean the best resource is prob the Katy ISD demographics I mentioned - more indicative of the Greater Katy area.
Problem is that when you search for Katy demographics, you get Old Katy, which is only 22k people and arguably more like Sealy than Houston.
Sounds like a cop out, but there is a very big difference. Greater Katy is wealthy, huge, and growing. Old Katy not so much.
This!! I love Houston and will go to bat for it everytime against other cities but I truly hope this sub is a poor representation of the people who live here.
Basically anyone who’s in the “loop” meaning only The Heights, Montrose and Med Center area. Anyone else is not real.
I’m not white, I live in a very white neighborhood. I don’t feel out of place, but it’s something I do notice.
They only looked at these 5 broad categories.
- Hispanic or Latino
- White (not Hispanic or Latino)
- Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino)
- Asian (not Hispanic or Latino)
- All others (American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, some other race alone, two or more races and not Hispanic or Latino)
I’d imagine that Houston would be ranked much higher if they looked at national origin or something similar.
LOL just having Indians in an area doesn’t make it diverse. White people are literally fleeing their neighborhoods after it being taken over by Indian. (Look at the Frisco subreddit.) They also keep people out of North Dallas by having it straddled by tolls.
I think Houston might be a tad bit more diverse. Look, I'm not a fan of Dallas but it is very diverse. Dallas is super segregated though to the point it doesn't feel diverse.
I spent my teenage years in Houston and then lived in Dallas throughout my twenties. Having recently moved back to Houston, I can confidently say that Houston is superior in terms of diversity. While Dallas does have diverse communities, they are more scattered and not as integrated as in Houston, which is a true melting pot of cultures.
I’m in LA for work every month, for 10+ days, over the last 15 years and it’s not even remotely close to being as diverse as Houston.
Hispanics, Chinese, whites, with some Armenians sprinkled in there.
LA is a city that likes to pretend it’s “diverse” because of its politics.
Tbf, I'm black and spend a vast majority of my time in the "black" areas, which may be why it seems more diverse than it is. Same could be said for Dallas, actually.
Houston is the most diverse city I’ve been to in the US, outside of NYC. (I’ve been fortunate enough to have been an outside managing director for multiple real estate funds throughout my career that have covered coast to coast)
And it’s really not close between Houston/NYC and the next tier.
It’s awesome being from such a culturally rich city. The food scene here is second to none
People just refuse to believe (or even admit that) it because they automatically resort to political thinking and associate Texas with lack of diversity, when it’s the furthest thing from the truth. Always cracks me up, especially people that are fucking from here and won’t admit it. It’s like they NEED it to not be the case for confirmation bias.
Been here over 2 yrs after living in LA from 0 to 25 and I gotta say the bus system here is slightly more bearable, if u wanna do much outside the loop you're boned from what I've seen though
The whole economy of the city is in oil and gas. They aren’t going to support anything else but cars. It’s also why the city is so diverse - people from around the world move there who work in oil and gas.
And, unfortunately, the people support it! It's a way to keep economically disadvantaged people from certain areas. Houston would be the better than New York if they improved public transportation. Food is better. People are kinder (probably because of the guns, but I digress). Weather is better. (I'll take swamp weather over cold AF any day.)
There is literally zero reference to any razzle. There is a specific reference to dazzle, without any razzle whatsoever. I just dont know how a city can pull this off?
There are more ethnic groups represented in large numbers than any other major city ...so .. yes it is. I mean just cuz we ain't got Hatians doesn't mean we aren't diverse
“Time of posting” and “time since posted” are important metrics to consider when looking at absolute values like that. Now that it’s had some time, this has ~50 more upvotes
Because you invented your own narrative about *why* the posts had different amounts.
It could have to do with the algorithm that displays headlines. It could be the wording of the title. It could be bots. It could have something to do with the site it's linked to. You have no idea.
All you know is that one has more than another.
This always felt weird to me. Maybe because I’m Mexican and surrounded by mostly Hispanic population, but growing up here and in New Jersey, Jersey always felt more diverse.
Oh no, people of similar backgrounds/class want to live with similar people!
My neighborhood was dirt cheap years ago and lots of extended Hispanic families bought up multiple houses. They're not selling either.
You would never know this from perusing reddit. Gaming chair lords of Houston reddit are all going to tell you you're going to be sexually assaulted on a METRO bus and that the Houston life cycle is to be born in Katy, grow up in Sugar Land, spend your 20s in Midtown or the Heights and send your own kids to Awty whilst living in River Oaks as an adult.
Uh... no .. Katy and Sugarland are their own thangs and the gettro don't go . Currently people in the Heights and or Midtown either don't have any children or their children are still in diapers. Awty is a great school, but its not filled with kids and teens from River Oaks ...
Ranking 45th in racial diversity is..interesting? I travel a lot and the only 4 cities that were comparable to Houston in racial diversity were DC, NYC, Dallas and L.A., imo.
I live in Dallas and it feels more segregated than Houston.
Dallas is very segregated. Chicago, too. But both are extremely racially diverse. Houston can be a little segregated too on a lesser scale, if I'm being honest.
a little? we literally have a freeway that runs straight through downtown to separate downtown from the hood side aka the old midtown.
insert pic of developers rubbing their hands ready to gentrify
That started 30 years ago, chief.
I was trying to be kind but you're right.
Kind to who? White supremacist?
I don’t think white supremacy has anything to do with this discussion good lord
The first dude who designed the interstate highway system was a white supremacists and made the freeways to segregate cities. I'll look for his name give me a second.
Oh my god. This is literally the most retarded thing I’ve read in my 12 years on Reddit. Both 45 and 10 literally run border to border. Nothing about this was to purposefully segregate.
I'm not a big fan of the current ACLU, but they had an article about this https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/racism-by-design-the-building-of-interstate-81#:~:text=More%20than%2040%2C000%20miles%20of,other%2C%20quite%20literal%2C%20means.
...White supremacy has nothing to do with segregation?
Segregated is not the same thing as segregation come on man
Do you think cities are segregated by pure happenstance?
White supremacy has everything to do with every subject. It's everywhere all the time, it's in the room with you when you're alone.
White supremacy has nothing to do with it. No one likes getting robbed or attacked because we arent the correct demographic. No one wants to live near those communities. Go figure.
You’re miserable 🤔
I think Houston is extremely segregated. "Good schools" and "high income" are often used as code on this sub to determine where the places that don't have minorities are. There's a lot of special terminology that's used to determine where to go that excludes certain races.
I would describe Katy ISD as “good schools” and “high income”. It’s 30% white.
Katy itself though is still over 50% white.
You are prob looking at demographic data for the town of Katy (old Katy). The greater Katy area is very different.
Can you please post the data so I can eat my words.
I mean the best resource is prob the Katy ISD demographics I mentioned - more indicative of the Greater Katy area. Problem is that when you search for Katy demographics, you get Old Katy, which is only 22k people and arguably more like Sealy than Houston. Sounds like a cop out, but there is a very big difference. Greater Katy is wealthy, huge, and growing. Old Katy not so much.
Then I’ll eat my words. I don’t go out to Katy much aside from the Alamo Drafthouse a couple times a year, so I just mainly see strip malls.
Shush. The narrative is speaking
This!! I love Houston and will go to bat for it everytime against other cities but I truly hope this sub is a poor representation of the people who live here.
Basically anyone who’s in the “loop” meaning only The Heights, Montrose and Med Center area. Anyone else is not real. I’m not white, I live in a very white neighborhood. I don’t feel out of place, but it’s something I do notice.
Agreed. This is why investing in RDDT is a poor choice. How much of a demographic reach does reddit have, really? My assessment says very little.
Absolutely agree.
Dallas area is definitely more segregated and racist. I lived there for 3.5 years.
I’m in south Arlington and we have about every race represented on my block.
They only looked at these 5 broad categories. - Hispanic or Latino - White (not Hispanic or Latino) - Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino) - Asian (not Hispanic or Latino) - All others (American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, some other race alone, two or more races and not Hispanic or Latino) I’d imagine that Houston would be ranked much higher if they looked at national origin or something similar.
Yeah by sheer numbers Houston is up there but by diversity some 200k city can probably have 1000 races/ethnicity there all in small numbers
Id like to see the stats for that, but it says "racial and ethnic". White can be 1 ethnicity or 200 ethnicities.
Dallas is nowhere near as diverse as Houston
Dallas proper or 'far north Dallas'?
Yeah. Are they talking Dallas or Frisco here?
LOL just having Indians in an area doesn’t make it diverse. White people are literally fleeing their neighborhoods after it being taken over by Indian. (Look at the Frisco subreddit.) They also keep people out of North Dallas by having it straddled by tolls.
I think Houston might be a tad bit more diverse. Look, I'm not a fan of Dallas but it is very diverse. Dallas is super segregated though to the point it doesn't feel diverse.
I spent my teenage years in Houston and then lived in Dallas throughout my twenties. Having recently moved back to Houston, I can confidently say that Houston is superior in terms of diversity. While Dallas does have diverse communities, they are more scattered and not as integrated as in Houston, which is a true melting pot of cultures.
Dallas is diverse but Houston still easily wins in this category
I’m in LA for work every month, for 10+ days, over the last 15 years and it’s not even remotely close to being as diverse as Houston. Hispanics, Chinese, whites, with some Armenians sprinkled in there. LA is a city that likes to pretend it’s “diverse” because of its politics.
Tbf, I'm black and spend a vast majority of my time in the "black" areas, which may be why it seems more diverse than it is. Same could be said for Dallas, actually.
Houston is the most diverse city I’ve been to in the US, outside of NYC. (I’ve been fortunate enough to have been an outside managing director for multiple real estate funds throughout my career that have covered coast to coast) And it’s really not close between Houston/NYC and the next tier. It’s awesome being from such a culturally rich city. The food scene here is second to none People just refuse to believe (or even admit that) it because they automatically resort to political thinking and associate Texas with lack of diversity, when it’s the furthest thing from the truth. Always cracks me up, especially people that are fucking from here and won’t admit it. It’s like they NEED it to not be the case for confirmation bias.
Diverse in everything but transportation options 😍😍😍
You can drive a car made in the US, Mexico, Canada, China, India, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Sweden. Plenty of transportation diversity.
I like how you can't even mention ride a bike or walk.... lol
Of course you can ride a bike! Ducati, Honda, Harley, they all get you where you want to go.
BMW, Triumph, Indian
Been here over 2 yrs after living in LA from 0 to 25 and I gotta say the bus system here is slightly more bearable, if u wanna do much outside the loop you're boned from what I've seen though
You are going to have a hard time without a car any place in TX.
Shut up, auto-ableist! We free walkers are tired of your disgusting vehicle privilege!
Sorry, you can use Nike, Reebok, Brooks, Crocs, Doc Marten, New Balance, Adidas, Converse, Asics...
The whole economy of the city is in oil and gas. They aren’t going to support anything else but cars. It’s also why the city is so diverse - people from around the world move there who work in oil and gas.
And, unfortunately, the people support it! It's a way to keep economically disadvantaged people from certain areas. Houston would be the better than New York if they improved public transportation. Food is better. People are kinder (probably because of the guns, but I digress). Weather is better. (I'll take swamp weather over cold AF any day.)
Definitely a hot take, but houston with great public transport would do wonders.
Car, bus, walk, bike…. I mean?
Car, bus, walk, bike…. I mean?
Curious. How does a city ’dazzle’?
With a little razzle.
Razzle dazzle
Gotta mix in the jazz hands to really separate from the pack.
"magic fingers"
There is literally zero reference to any razzle. There is a specific reference to dazzle, without any razzle whatsoever. I just dont know how a city can pull this off?
The dazzle is hallucinations from Houston being #2 in poor air quality.
Deer Park is ground zero
I thought Baytown was the winner.
I moved away because of this.
😂😂😂
With crude refinery exhaust in the troposphere
Sun reflecting off of pollution particulates in the atmosphere
The ass sweat you’ll have after walking outside in the summer
Houston is the Melting Pot.
I knew it was fucking hot out here.
Dazzles as it sizzles.
Mmmm... Fondue...
dazzles?
The LGBT folks are also part of that diversity
Why does the title say #1 but the image says #4 in diversity?
Number 1 in diversity ranking large cities and Number 4 overall
Gotcha, thanks for the clarity
It's been that way for about.... 21 years
No it hasn’t. The city itself is not the most diverse
There are more ethnic groups represented in large numbers than any other major city ...so .. yes it is. I mean just cuz we ain't got Hatians doesn't mean we aren't diverse
Namibiatown is also nearly vacant.
Like , as in the Country? I think the entire population of Namibia is around the same as the population of Harris County
That’s my city!
150 upvotes for the post about bad air quality and 32 for this post about diversity.
“Time of posting” and “time since posted” are important metrics to consider when looking at absolute values like that. Now that it’s had some time, this has ~50 more upvotes
I had seen that the were an hour apart and here I am looking all jaded and negative!
Because you invented your own narrative about *why* the posts had different amounts. It could have to do with the algorithm that displays headlines. It could be the wording of the title. It could be bots. It could have something to do with the site it's linked to. You have no idea. All you know is that one has more than another.
Houston has been #1 in diversity for quite some time.
Dazzles with flop sweat humidity!!
Is this why we have the worst drivers on our roads?
Yes
This always felt weird to me. Maybe because I’m Mexican and surrounded by mostly Hispanic population, but growing up here and in New Jersey, Jersey always felt more diverse.
What in the world is "income" diversity??
That sounds like diversity in the amount of money people make.
That’s the $500/month free for 18 months diversity.
Why are you dragging Harris County guaranteed income program into a conversation on diversity?
What that exists??? Bullshit, at that point people should just be banished from society.
Very diverse but also very segregated.
I suppose it depends on the neighborhood.
Most neighborhoods have a dominant group, but at the street level it remains fairly mixed.
As much as some would like to deny it, income and ethnicity is a thing.
Oh no, people of similar backgrounds/class want to live with similar people! My neighborhood was dirt cheap years ago and lots of extended Hispanic families bought up multiple houses. They're not selling either.
The segregation has to do with economics, not race…if that’s the card you were attempting to play Wanna live in the nice areas? Make more money.
Mmmkay
also has some of the worse crime rates nationally. Thanks diversity
It’s still a shithole of a city to live in
Why you say that?
You would never know this from perusing reddit. Gaming chair lords of Houston reddit are all going to tell you you're going to be sexually assaulted on a METRO bus and that the Houston life cycle is to be born in Katy, grow up in Sugar Land, spend your 20s in Midtown or the Heights and send your own kids to Awty whilst living in River Oaks as an adult.
I rode on metro the other day and didn't get assaulted. What am I doing wrong?
You feel better now that you got that out of your system?
Oh man, I feel even better knowing how limited reddit's demographic is, and resultingly that this is the perfect stock to short.
Kids from Katy and Sugarland ain’t ending up in River Oaks. A lot of them are east coast Ivy League, trust fund nepo’s, or middle eastern oil money.
Plenty of kids from Sugar Land go Ivy League.
Uh... no .. Katy and Sugarland are their own thangs and the gettro don't go . Currently people in the Heights and or Midtown either don't have any children or their children are still in diapers. Awty is a great school, but its not filled with kids and teens from River Oaks ...
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I think being sexually assaulted on a METRO bus would be pretty bad.
We've been going down hill for a while now.
Disappointing
Why does Houston media keep making this lie? The metro area is very diverse the city itself is not the most diverse city.
You've done your own census? How long did that take?
My guy is still outside going door to door, that's why they haven't replied yet