In suburban York, Lancaster, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, I have canvassed in neighborhoods with multi-unit new homes like the one in the photo above. I did not want to take a picture where I canvassed. This is from Google.
The names in my canvassing app show just how many races and ethnicities live next to each other. Often these multi-unit dwellings have eight homes per building. In that building are White, Black and Hispanic families; east, west and south Asian families; and families from Africa and the Caribbean.
Since I only canvass homes with Democratic or Independent voters, I know which homes vote Republican because I walk past them. Many of these families are single party households--which is also interesting because of their age demographics. The residents of these neighborhoods are mostly in their late 20s to early 40s or past retirement age. The residents are either in their first home or a post-retirement down-sizing home.
A woman in her 30s I spoke to in suburban York county told me she and her husband were voting in person and would be voting a straight democratic ticket. She said the rules of the development don't allow yard signs which is why she did not have a Harris sign out front. She thought it was for the best, because she didn't want to see Trump signs. When there are signs, they are often in opposition to neighbors as I noted here.
As I wrote earlier, these neighborhoods are very quiet--much more quiet that my own neighborhood. Which means there is no overt politic strife. In rural and Urban Pennsylvania, there are certainly areas that are more monocultural, but in the multi-unit housing suburban neighborhoods I have been walking in, America is very multi-cultural.
The more upscale, large single-family houses are different. I'll write about them next.
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