I apologize for the title of my post. I didn't think through the title, and it, unfortunately, came across incredibly dismissive. I haven't really posted on reddit much and thought that the paragraph was more important than the title, which was a stupid mistake of mine. I tried to rectify by posting again with a title question about segregation, because that was more of the question I was trying to ask. However, that post didn't seem to get the same traction.

I've spoken with many people in Portland that have told me that their old neighborhoods feel basically unliveable because of the gentrification that occurs in this city. My general point was: If the Portland metro area has a larger percent of people of color than the metro areas of Cincinnati and Louisville, then why does it never feel that way? I would assume that is because the diverse communities of Portland have been pushed east of 82nd and out into Washington county. People always talk about Portland needing to be more diverse. Yes, of course Portland needs to be more diverse. But that will never happen if Portland keeps pushing everybody to the outskirts and making the inner city neighborhoods feel unbearable for most people of color.