[lbo-talk] US Census Bureau: Exodus to Suburbs Continues through 2012

[Wojtek S]

I doubt this is a factor.  Gentrification may move the poor to
suburban areas within core cities, e.g. Baltimore to Towson, or DC to
Langley Park/Silver Spring/Burtnonsville, but the latter are still
considered a part of the core urban areas.  The flight to suburbia
means move to exurbia - or remote often gated communities for old
white farts.  I think it is mainly a statistical effect due to
demographics -  baby boomers retiring and moving to what in effect is
old fart communities.  The key distinction imho is whether the area is
served by public transit - if it is, it's a part of the core urban
area that is a new destination of the urban poor, if it is not - it is
the exurban community for old white farts.

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Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."