Yeah…many hispanics are “white” so not sure what you mean
Apparently Black and White birth rates may be declining. There could also be a factor of not seeing the value of higher education.
Seems like the whites are realizing that higher ed is not a good return on investment while the other demographics are still buying into the incorrect tradition that a college degree is a way to the American dream.
It is as long as you dont carry student loan debt and earn a degree in a field that has market value.
$200k for a degree with no market value is bad
But it isn’t. When the majority of people with degrees are working in jobs that don’t require degrees 10 years after graduation, then the money spent on the degree is wasted for earning potential.
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I also believe that people are realizing that it isn’t always about college. There are other skills to make a good living with.
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Do they even need a HS diploma? That education is provided by the government.
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yeah you do lol
I think Hispanics / Latinos will eventually be classified as white universally in America
Or whatever determines the majority
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yeah…i guess I’m making up the fact that Spaniards are white and contributed The “Spanish” language, culture and religion and that many “Hispanics” still have pure European ancestry…aka white.
Also, next time you pop open a Dos Equis, or Modello remember that both breweries were started by German immigrants after they arrived in Mexico…I know I’m a big fan of those German- Mexican beers myself.
Also, next time you listen to “Tejano” music you might want to recall that the “music” part was started again by German and Polish and Czech immigrants in Texas and North Mexico.
So yeah… I’ll do “Me” and actually view the cultural diversity/history and you do “You” and act like Europeans, aka White, didn’t make any contributions to the Hispanic culture and that none of them are still of 100% of European descent…Argentina definitely wants to talk to you if that’s what you genuienly believe…lol
Also, I’m sure you enjoy Soccer (AKA Association Football)…a sport literally organized and spread out of Anglo- Land (England) that is even too “white” for most Americans.
Yet we are supposed to say Hispancis aren’t white…GTFOH
Don’t even get me started on the definition of “Latin”
Ya know, every ruler of Cuba has been White EXCEPT for this guy:
Dictator Fulgencio Batista, who was considered a “Mulatto,” was a Hispanic man of mixed Spanish, African, Chinese, and Taino ancestry.
He is regarded as Cuba’s only non-white ruler.
All others, including the Castros, are/were White Hispanics.
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I agree. Not necessarily suggesting as such. I’m merely saying that’s important that some sort of wealth continues to circulate within the inner city, and Rice (and to a degree UH) provides this.
That being said, I think there’s 2 major issues coming up.
If immigrants (and migrants) continue to pour into Houston, then naturally, you would think house prices would go down. Thing is… that’s not happening right now because there is a supply crunch of housing nationwide (largely stemming from high construction costs but also by current homeowners who want their house value to keep going up.)
The other issue is that the outer suburbs largely vote red, which is fighting directly against immigration. I don’t think it’s due to racism. I think it’s mainly to try and prevent a decline in housing values within the baby boomer generation to either sell or pass down to their kids (to also keep or sell)
Once the baby boomers are gone by the late 2030s, supply of housing will open up and housing values will decline. However by that point (2030s), will all this exurban housing still be valuable?
I usually ask suburbanites why they value the suburbs, and it’s almost always for schools. But what exactly makes these “schools” so great?
Go take a tour of Katy Jordan High School…and you’ll see.
Incomparable and state of the art facilities, superior curriculum at all levels, top flight athletics, you name it!
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I don’t disagree with that at all. Not arguing the physical components that make these schools great. The outer suburbs typically have the newest and nicest facilities, and everything else inward gets worse and worse with the worst being HISD infrastructure right up to the 610 wealth.
What I’m asking is, what are the inputs that allow for places like Katy and outer Cypress to have such great schools and facilities?
Answer: it’s the property taxes that minorities historically could never afford. While “racism” is no longer direct, the affects of redlining and generational wealth gaps between white and minorities essentially perpetuated suburban sprawl (white majority school = good school).
If school districts get more and more diverse with lower wealth brackets entering the neighborhood, then what exactly is the purpose of living in the far suburbs?
Not sure about Cypress.
But one of the inputs at Jordan could be its diversity:
37% White, 25% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 8% Black, 4% Two or More Races, 0% Native American, 0% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
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everything you said is correct, you missed the point tho lol
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Okay, but my point is, once the white demographic is no longer the majority, naturally, white people will leave for newer suburbs as shown with historical data (not because of racism, but because lower income minorities cannot afford the property taxes to keep these new suburbs nice and shiny)
So i ask again - in addition to the notes I added in my above post, what exactly is the purpose of living in far suburbs if lower income brackets start moving into historically white neighborhoods?
Given the generational wealth gab by race, how can we expect white people and minority groups to contribute to the tax revenue to keep these “good schools” well…. “good”?
you can’t lol, they will just move away
Yes, but that goes back to problem number 1.
Houston is running out of sprawl spaces. Given that new neighborhoods technically fund the old neighborhoods in a suburb, if sprawling stops, then the entire suburban system will collapse.
Growing suburbs requires free land use. If there’s no more free land use and cheap energy to build, then what happens?
Somehow my Mom’s neighborhood in Katy, which again, is over 20 years old, is having absolutely no trouble at all bringing in tax dollars and maintaining its tax base.
Doesn’t appear to be in any danger of decline.