Re:How to know if where you live is “up and coming”: fried c...
by pdeuchler on Thursday October 15, 2015 @12:10PM
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As someone who lived in florida, those affluent hispanic areas don't have billboards in spanish. Billboards in spanish signal a large amount of single-language homes, and when that single language isn't the native tongue it doesn't bode well for socio-economic prospects
But of course, I don't know you, so feel free to ignore my point :D
However, if you walk around the (objectively affluent) La Cantera mall in San Antonio, you'll hear maybe 1/3 of the conversations in Spanish.
About 30% of the folks in Texas speak Spanish, so if you're in Texas you're in a hispanic area by definition....what you're describing are areas where people are or aren't willing to pander to folks who aren't bilingual.
I don't know if that describes a line between affluence and poverty though. It's possible, though I'm not sure if I believe it.