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Bob LeChevalier wrote:

>Huntington and Martinsburg WV.  Average household income 60 and 70% of
>the national level, and Huntington's cost of living index is higher
>than the national average.  Huntington is 6.3% black, Martinsburg is
>8.6% black, both below national average

>The crime rates are nothing to be proud of in either city, with most
>rates above the national average by a substantial amount.  Both have
>education systems rated somewhat below the national average.
>http://www.bestplaces.net/city/cceduc.aspx?Lcity=5439460&Rcity=5452060&

This response has done nothing to validate his claim that:

"There are plenty of shitty high-crime/poor school areas that
are lily-white."

You have chosen two cities in WV that have over double the % of blacks
than the state has as a whole.  WV is only 3.2% black:  

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54000.html 

The crime rate (and crummy schools) are likely a result of the larger
black populations in those cities.  Parts of WV have always been among
the safest communities in America, along with lily-white areas in places
like North Dakota.  ND has good public schools too.  Only a brain-dead
idiot would not see a DIRECT correlation between the worst crime-ridden
cities and black populations contained therein.  The perennial favorites
of Atlanta, Detroit, DC, Gary, et al, are known for their black populations
as well as their high crime rates.

San Jose, CA has been the safest big city in America for the past
three years.  San Jose is 3.5% black.

http://www.sanjose.org/press/2003/121003-safestcity.asp

http://sanjose.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm

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Regards, IM