{"id":6456,"date":"2016-07-08T20:20:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T03:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2016-07-08T20:20:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T03:20:57","slug":"demographic-report-yay-were-rich-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6456","title":{"rendered":"Demographic Report:  Yay!  We\u2019re Rich AND White!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/demographic-report.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/demographic-report.jpeg\" alt=\"demographic report\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6457\" \/><\/a>In a recent report revealed by <a href=\"http:\/\/frontporchstapleton.com\/article\/stapleton-demographics-not-average\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Front Porch<\/a>, Stapleton residents were ecstatic to find out they are still the richest and whitest community in Northeast Denver.  \u201cIt was like finding out you get to host the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/zika-virus-fears-end-stapleton-2028-olympic-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympics<\/a>,\u201d said resident Kate Hanlon.  \u201cI know, we kind of expected it, but at the same time, it\u2019s always great to hear.  Like when people tell me I\u2019m <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/stapleton-mom-troubled-by-lack-of-catcalls-in-town-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pretty<\/a>.\u201d  The report highlighted a handful of key findings, comparing Stapleton to Lowry, Denver, and the state of Colorado.  The demographics mostly emphasized in the study included <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/mythbusters-busts-myth-of-stapleton-homes-%E2%80%9Cstarting-in-the-low-200%E2%80%99s%E2%80%9D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">home values<\/a>, household income, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/report-76-of-black-denver-residents-dont-want-to-live-in-stapleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ethnicity<\/a>.\n<!--more-->\nThe report was prepared by the State Demography Office, and it is often unclear if the report was meant to shame Stapleton residents or make them proud.  \u201cIt\u2019s great we have such high home values,\u201d said resident Tim Gibbons.  \u201cBut, it\u2019s kind of sad to see we aren\u2019t very diverse ethnically.  I mean, it\u2019s somewhat expected, but at the same time, makes you kind of feel crappy.\u201d  Mariel Lima agrees.  \u201cOf course, it\u2019s nice living in a community with successful, well-off people,\u201d said Lima.  \u201cIt makes you feel good about yourself, and certainly makes you safer in regards to living in the city.  But, on the other hand, we do live in the city, and there should be a little more diversity in our community.  Not just ethnically, but socioeconomically.\u201d\nAnother interesting thing about the study is that it continues to arbitrarily divide Stapleton into <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/cab-diversity-report-west-and-east-stapleton-to-change-names-to-black-and-white-stapleton-respectively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East and West Stapleton<\/a>.  \u201cI\u2019m not totally keen on what the reasons are for dividing into the two groups,\u201d questioned Kirk Campbell.  \u201cThis is under one builder with one community and the same goals and same problems.  If one is going to make this random division, go ahead and use the different boroughs as dividing lines, not just to randomly cut segments.  Also, why not talk about what communities have and don\u2019t have low income housing and the <a href=\"http:\/\/frontporchstapleton.com\/article\/affordable-housing-beyond-mistrust-to-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenges of having low income housing<\/a>.\u201d  One thing Forest City and residents agree on is that reversing the current Stapleton housing market and demographic trend will be a massive challenge.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-131","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}