> you will see a metro area that was and still is being shaped by race.

In NYC, a major example is Robert Moses' Cross Bronx Expressway which "conveniently" cut through large swathes of minority neighborhoods. But it's not just the metro area. It's the entire country if you consider the extermination of the natives and the formation of the reservations ( easily the poorest regions of the western world today ).

> A poster has been down-voted to oblivion for pointing out the hypocrisy that the bluest states have the most un-affordable housing

Sad to say, that's to be expected. I had someone go through my history and downvote all of the comments. It's strange that people are so invested.