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sakura5215 t1_jaln7u1 wrote

I’m proud that my sons high school is the most diverse in the city and almost perfectly matches the demographics of the student population. My neighborhood is not diverse though (UWS). It’s honestly uncomfortable that all the nannies and laborers are minorities and very few of the residents are. Every morning I come downstairs and there is a group of nannies waiting to go up and we only have white and a couple of Asians as residents. My son’s public elementary school was less diverse than my daughter’s private elementary school since they could choose their students. The only diversity in the public school was the children of supers who lived in their workplaces and a couple of adopted kids.

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Rottimer t1_jamgqbs wrote

The lack of diversity at public schools in the UWS is by design. There are very overcrowded schools in Harlem, with majority black students that borders the UWS. When DeBlasio’s DoE floated relieving that overcrowded school by redrawing the districts so some of those black students would be zoned for an under capacity UWS school, the very rich parents in the UWS blew a gasket and said some not so very subtle shit about black and Hispanic kids.

The DoE backed off.

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SolitaryMarmot t1_jamcaa4 wrote

That's why the upper west side is SUPER boring. I lived there in the late 90s for a bit and honestly my grandpa's condo development in Florida was more fun.

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TizonaBlu t1_jankh6k wrote

Uptown is boring period.

If you want diversity and actually a high amount of things to do, you need to be downtown.

Hell, the most expensive neighborhoods in NYC are downtown.

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