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Richard Morrill is an urban demographer and taught for many years at the University of Washington's Department of Geography. You can reach him in care of editor@crosscut.com.
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Posted Mon, Apr 16, 9:59 p.m.
Bellevue's diversity: Ethnic diversity would be more accurate. The Black population share is still low, but Bellevue does have a higher foreign born share than Seattle does, with especially large numbers of immigrants from eastern Europe.
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 16, 9:54 p.m.
its' gentrification: Since about 1980, the affluent professionals have been reclaiming desirable parts of central cities. There is a good sized literature on what is generally called "gentrification". While this is originally market-driven, cities have come to encourage it by zoning (densification), transportation investments, etc. as it vastly increases city ...
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