Fall River a Ghetto, Part Two

On the heels of my post on police officers advising a fellow cop not to move to Fall River because it is a “Ghetto,” came this report culled from census records that gives Fall River the distinction to be one of the least segregated cities for blacks in the United States.

Now what does that say about the community?

The 10 Least Segregated Cities (Averaging all five dimensions of segregation)

Orange County California
San Jose
Norfolk-Virginia Beach
Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater
San Diego
Providence, Fall River, Warwick
Seattle, Bellevue, Everett
San Antonio
Oakland, CA
San Francisco

BTW, the word Ghetto is at odds with the census findings:
ghetto |ˈgetō|
noun ( pl. -tos or -toes)
a part of a city, esp. a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
• historical the Jewish quarter in a city : the Warsaw Ghetto.
• an isolated or segregated group or area : the relative security of the gay ghetto.

Fall River cannot be both “least segregated” and a “ghetto” at the same time. Isn’t it a shame that the those two cops advised the man to move elsewhere, instead of answering his real question about what parts of the city are the best to live in? Let’s stereotype a city and ruin an ideal all at once. Makes you wonder what those two cops would think about these cities, designated as the MOST segregated:

Overal Most Segregated (Averaging ranks for all 5 major dimensions) Drumroll…..
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Newark
Cincinnati
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
(tie) New Orleans and Kansas City