Submitted by MonCapitan90 t3_112fkh2 in Pennsylvania
In the town of under 30,000 people in 20 years the white population dropped from 92 to 38%? That seems too extreme to be accurate. Does anyone have any insight on that?
Down-votes for asking a question? Rude.
Socketfusion t1_j8k1k1l wrote
Yeah, classic white flight. The town even passed laws to try to force the mostly Dominican immigrants out. It is a bit of an extreme example. But also the population had been declining from 1950 to 2000. It was a coal town, and well the coal industry hasn't exactly been thriving. Immigrants tend to congregate locally. Boston didn't get full of Irish immigrants or Amish country full of Amish by random.