Wealthy People Live in Their Own Enclaves, While Rest of America's Neighborhoods Deteriorate (for 11/30/11)

Since 1970, the number of people living in income-segregated neighborhoods, either rich or poor, has doubled. Schools in wealthy enclaves are well-kept, with sealed roofs, up-to-date textbooks, and good teachers. Schools in poor neighboorhoods are not so well-kept and are much less likely to have qualified teachers. The quality of libraries, public parks, road repair, garbage pick-up, and virtually any other public service is vastly better in wealthier districts. Therefore, people do not know as much about people of different backgrounds and develop stereotypes of each other.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/153213/class_segregation%3A_rich_hunker_down_in_wealthy_enclaves_--