cool urban race maps

[Linus Van Pelt]

I know there are racial maps of some cities in an old thread, but someone's done a whole bunch which have the additional cool feature of using dots for populations so you can see the composition of mixed areas as well as compare the density of various groups within a city. (I assume the scale changes from city to city though). Plus they're kind of neat from a purely aesthetic point of view.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624812674967/with/4981413599/

[bgwah]

Very interesting indeed---unlike maps that use census tracts, these maps more clearly show the unpopulated parks, industrial areas, etc, that serve as the real boundary between neighborhoods. Chicago's segregation is mind-boggling. Los Angeles seems to have much more smooth transitions.

[minionofmidas]

What's the white (mixed?) enclave in the geographic centre of black Brooklyn?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Crown Heights; hasidic enclave.

[minionofmidas]

Crown Heights; hasidic enclave.

Ah, right; I've heard that name before. Didn't recognize where it lay exactly, I guess.

[ilikeverin]

Detroit.

[Verily]

Very interesting indeed---unlike maps that use census tracts, these maps more clearly show the unpopulated parks, industrial areas, etc, that serve as the real boundary between neighborhoods. Chicago's segregation is mind-boggling. Los Angeles seems to have much more smooth transitions.

I wish someone would use the old style maps, but use white space to label undeveloped parkland/cemeteries/etc. (Industrial and commercial space can't be helped.) I find this style a lot harder to read precisely, although it gets broad points across.

Also, Howard Beach is labeled as "Rockwood Park" (?) on the NYC map. And Englewood got a shout-out!

[memphis]

Fun maps. Wish they were more current. 2000 was a long time ago regarding who lived where.

[jimrtex]

I know there are racial maps of some cities in an old thread, but someone's done a whole bunch which have the additional cool feature of using dots for populations so you can see the composition of mixed areas as well as compare the density of various groups within a city. (I assume the scale changes from city to city though). Plus they're kind of neat from a purely aesthetic point of view.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624812674967/with/4981413599/

Be sure to click through to the largest scale available.

Rikers Island and San Quentin are kind of neat.

[tpfkaw]

Boston is boring.

[bgwah]

I know there are racial maps of some cities in an old thread, but someone's done a whole bunch which have the additional cool feature of using dots for populations so you can see the composition of mixed areas as well as compare the density of various groups within a city. (I assume the scale changes from city to city though). Plus they're kind of neat from a purely aesthetic point of view.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624812674967/with/4981413599/

Be sure to click through to the largest scale available.

Rikers Island and San Quentin are kind of neat.

In the comments, someone asks about Rikers Island to which the creator replies: "That's a flaw in my plotting. I took the easy way out and used the diameter of each block instead of the block's actual bounds to choose the points to plot for it, so sometimes the points are outside the actual bounds." Not that it isn't still neat.

What is most interesting to me is how blacks and Hispanics seem to be mixed in the Bronx. I was already somewhat aware of that, but this map better illustrates it. Anybody have more info on that?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Something to do with the housing projects, maybe? Slums in the sky, rather than slums of the traditional type.

[Verily]

Something to do with the housing projects, maybe? Slums in the sky, rather than slums of the traditional type.

True to some extent. The residents of the public housing projects are mostly older blacks who have been there for a while. But there actually aren't that many projects in the South Bronx. Fewer than in East Harlem anyway. I don't think there's a really clear reason overall other than that blacks are slowly leaving and Hispanics are slowly replacing them. The transition is slow because the blacks are not easily displaced as most left in the South Bronx can't afford anywhere else nearby.

[??????????]

Tampa is interesting and about what I expected. I'm still shocked how may people haven't moved out of areas that were formerly segregated for blacks. Around here "other side of the tracks" actually means something.

[minionofmidas]

There's also the issue of the large Dominican population in New York. They're both Black and Hispanic.

[Verily]

There's also the issue of the large Dominican population in New York. They're both Black and Hispanic.

Some of them, anyway. But the Washington Heights figures make it clear that Hispanic origin is controlling over race (so that those who call themselves black and Hispanic get considered Hispanic on this map and on tools like Dave's Redistricting App). Makes sense given that Hispanics who call themselves "white" or "Other" get designated only as Hispanic.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Boston is boring.

actually I find it interesting for the number of areas (such as Lynn) that are relatively integrated