Multiculturalismin America

... is similar to my own in the sense that it is full of middle class working citizens. This development is home to a majority of teachers that live in my community, and is also home to several daycares. This neighborhood and mine included are a clear example of the clustering of families that are a part of the same class, and the lack of diversity within neighborhoods that exists in my community. A few blocks east and north of my home exists the neighborhood everyone in my town (excluding the people that live there) call Snob Hill. This neighborhood cluster is home to upper class individuals with large houses and fancy cars. This neighborhood is quiet and full of families with younger children. Snob Hill is also home to almost all of the main business owners in Madison and therefore is another example of clustering within my community. The south side of Madison is considered the more run down and dull part of town. Garfield Elementary School once existed on the southwest part of town, but was shut down several years ago because it created too much segregation based on where students lived and their parents income. This part of my town in where the majority of the minorities present in Madison live. The south side is also home to most of the college students that attend DSU, and therefore contribute to the rowdy reputation of that said of Madison. Lack of diversity within a town is not necessarily a bad thing. It is human nature to go where one is most comfortable, and therefore we naturally converge into surroundings that are also home to people similar to ourselves. I agree with Brooks essay in that diversity is not necessarily a priority that takes precedence over comfort for our surroundings.