Quote: (11-21-2018 02:37 PM)Snag87 Wrote:
Many mid-sized historically white cities have experienced a seismic shift in demographics in recent decades. Take Des Moines for example.
The cause is low-income blacks being priced out of black urban areas and Mexican immigration
I have heard that since some of the housing projects in Chicago were torn down during this century, folks did scatter to various locales including central & downstate Illinois cities, but also cities in Iowa such as Des Moines.