“In Highland Park, as in other Latino barrios of Los Angeles, gentrification has produced an undeniable but little appreciated side effect: the end of decades of de facto racial segregation. It’s possible to imagine a future in which ‘the hood’ passes into memory.  Racial integration is on the upswing.  For all the fortitude and pride you’ll find in Latino barrios, no one wants to live in a racially segregated community or attend a racially segregated school.”  

Tags: neighborhood, gentrification, urban, place, culture, economic, California, Los Angeles.

Source: www.nytimes.com