A new study from Pew reportedly says that income segregation in America's major metropolitan areas is getting worse, and that
Texas metro areas are the worst of the worst:
Among the 30 biggest metropolitan areas, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas
show the greatest segregation of neighborhoods by income, the report
said.
And, for those of us who don't already know this, we're told why:
Most of the metropolitan areas showing the greatest increase in
segregation have seen significant population growth as people moved in.
For example, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio are among the
fastest-growing U.S. cities, with growth partly fueled by low-wage
immigrants moving in along with better-paid high-skill workers and
well-off retirees.
After all, a study last year said that Texas had no net job growth in the previous decade that wasn't immigration-based, and said indirectly that a fair amount of that was due to illegal immigrants. After all, they're not just digging up onions in the Valley, they're building homes in those metro areas for Rick Perry best buds like Bob Perry.
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