Logan was riding through one neighbourhood with his real estate agent and he recalls the agent remarking: “You wouldn’t want to live here.”
He knew nothing about this neighbourhood, let alone whether he’d like it. Later on, he says, he realized it was a Black neighbourhood.
Contrary to stereotypes, many of the most segregated cities are in the north: like Newark, N.J., Milwaukee, Detroit, New York, Chicago, Cleveland.
“It means living in unequal local environments, in so many ways,” Logan said. “Some people are protecting their turf. And their privilege. While other people are bearing the brunt of it.”
But he cites one good-news story: Kansas City. Upwardly mobile African Americans have been moving into Johnson County and the reason, he says, is the variety of housing types, from small to big houses, on different-sized lots.