<p>Just did a quick search for the way “inner city” is defined…</p>
<p>“The usually older, central part of a city, especially when characterized by crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, often minority groups predominate…”</p>
<p>“the parts of a city in or near its centre, esp when they are associated with poverty, unemployment, substandard housing, etc…”</p>
<p>“the sections of a large city in or near its center, esp. when crowded or blighted”</p>
<p>Geez. I had no idea. Some of those definitions sound downright racist to me.</p>
<p>I wonder which part of the definition it was that some here were offended by, because certainly part of the above definitions fit perfectly… Older, central, crowded neighborhoods, near its centre. All of those fit. I guess nobody would want their school associated with minorities, low income, unemployment, substandard housing, crowded or blighted. I can see why. It would be hard to attract parent’s money at a place like that… Especially parents that aren’t “minorities” or “low income”…</p>
<p>Actually, I just asked my daughter, and what she objected to was being “closed in by buildings” and “so many people all around.” Those are her words. She never mentioned minorities (we didn’t see any minorities during our visit to campus, and she wouldn’t feel offended if she had anyway), low income, or unemployed (although the homeless folks on the way to the campus scared her a little, but we talked about that).</p>
<p>During our visits to TSU and UT, she liked the more open campus feel and smaller towns. She didn’t care for Austin traffic, but it was nothing compared to Houston and once she got on campus she liked the feel of things. She thought San Marcos was beautiful and small enough for her to navigate by herself. </p>
<p>John.</p>