Noah Smith, Columnist

Neighborhoods Back Up Americans' Diversity Talk

Most people don't seem to have a problem living in racially mixed areas.

February 20, 2018 at 8:00 AM EST

Noah Smith is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, and he blogs at Noahpinion.

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Americans love diversity -- or so they like to claim. A 2016 Pew survey found that Americans are much more likely than Europeans to say that diversity makes their country a better place to live:

Other polls say the same.

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