Comments on: Montclair & Short Hills:Beautiful New Jersey http://higley1000.com/archives/68 Racial Integration in the Wealthiest 1000 Places in America Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Don DeMarco http://higley1000.com/archives/68/comment-page-1#comment-441 Don DeMarco Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:39:55 +0000 http://higley1000.com/archives/68#comment-441 You are to be commended for the focus on unitary multi-racial residential markets--housing integration-- rather than segregation wearing the mask of diversity. South Orange's circumstance deserves to be distinguished from Montclair's. ("Not that there's anything wrong with that," says an echo of Jerry Seinfeld.) South Orange and its sister town, Maplewood, share a school district and an identity. "Two Towns, One Community" work intentionally to enhance and sustain integration. Worthwhile work, it is. It inspires others near and far. You are to be commended for the focus on unitary multi-racial residential markets–housing integration– rather than segregation wearing the mask of diversity. South Orange’s circumstance deserves to be distinguished from Montclair’s. (“Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” says an echo of Jerry Seinfeld.)

South Orange and its sister town, Maplewood, share a school district and an identity. “Two Towns, One Community” work intentionally to enhance and sustain integration. Worthwhile work, it is. It inspires others near and far.

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