Divided By The Highway
Highways, freeways and railways are physical barriers, often dividing our communities – splitting a city in parts. The question is if such division has an effect on the demographic and socioeconomic composition. One may also wonder if such differences were already in place before the road was built, and if they are possibly accentuated over time?
Below are statistical comparisons for a selection of cities, in California, where a freeway cuts through in roughly equal parts (A and B).
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