Which is the most ideologically diverse American city?

Post by lotsofpulp » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

briandear wrote: post #9

Eurongreyjoy wrote: post #3

> Washington DC: The intellectual class in this city is about half conservative/Republican/libertarian and always will be. While I think the 50 percent figure is high, people tend to only think of DC as a liberal city. Of course it primarily is, but there is a large population of well-educated conservatives and libertarians living here. Most of my social circle leans left, but it was always good living in DC to hear…

51% black doesn’t make it “extremely diverse.” That makes it “majority black.” Hispanics are only 4% of the population, Asians less than 3%. Whites are roughly 43% I am not sure how diverse that is and certainly questionable to call that “extremely diverse.”

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

mseebach wrote: post #6

js8 wrote: post #2

First, article is talking more about ideological divide (democratic/republican) than ideological diversity (which would presumably mean many other viewpoints). Not sure about ideological diversity, and how to even measure it, but ideological divide to me seems as an inevitable result of two party system (and majority voting system), as both parties struggle to get supporters. In order to do that, they often abandon o…

Surely, true ideological diversity begins with (but indeed doesn't end with) the capacity to have democrats and republicans successfully coexist, something that parts of California and parts of the south, respectively, has struggled with.

Post by kevmo » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 10:06 AM UTC

js8 wrote: post #2

First, article is talking more about ideological divide (democratic/republican) than ideological diversity (which would presumably mean many other viewpoints). Not sure about ideological diversity, and how to even measure it, but ideological divide to me seems as an inevitable result of two party system (and majority voting system), as both parties struggle to get supporters. In order to do that, they often abandon o…

Post by coldtea » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 10:29 AM UTC

Post by guelo » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 10:56 AM UTC

kristopolous wrote: post #5

How can this question be reasonably answered? Maybe places with high numbers of academics and articulate people can be measured but that's about it. There's multiple dimensions when it comes to ideology and multiple approaches to each dimension. There's even fundamentally different interpretations of the categorical differences on how to subdivide the classifications of these systems. And each of these facets have wi…