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minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down3·10 months agoLet me guess what kind of people predominantly lived in the neighborhoods that were bulldozed.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·10 months ago Blue=Black, Red=White.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoNo, that’s from 2000 I think. Atlanta is still apparently the USA’s second most segregated city, so I can’t imagine it was a multicultural wonderland in the 1950s. The article those pictures appear to be from says it was mostly black neighbourhoods demolished. https://daringivens.medium.com/atlantas-interstates-destruction-of-city-fabric-in-the-1950s-mobility-woes-today-4882b4ec6830
minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·10 months agoSadly, I don’t think there’s enough uncertainty to consider it a guess.
Let me guess what kind of people predominantly lived in the neighborhoods that were bulldozed.
Blue=Black, Red=White.
So you have a before version?
No, that’s from 2000 I think.
Atlanta is still apparently the USA’s second most segregated city, so I can’t imagine it was a multicultural wonderland in the 1950s.
The article those pictures appear to be from says it was mostly black neighbourhoods demolished.
https://daringivens.medium.com/atlantas-interstates-destruction-of-city-fabric-in-the-1950s-mobility-woes-today-4882b4ec6830
Sadly, I don’t think there’s enough uncertainty to consider it a guess.