New Yorkers Live Better than Other Large City Residents

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"One of the most telling indicators, he says, is New York’s ethnic make-up: “New York City has 43% the total population of New York state, but it has 71% of all Hispanics, 73% of all Asians, and 69% of all African-Americans,” he says. “That tells me that 75% of all white non-Hispanics live outside the city.”
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“If you go to a similar-sized city anywhere else in the world with 9 million people, a huge portion of that city is made up of shantytowns.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_new_york_census_tomorrow_more_RYanJks74YlCkwVrkpvVZN

The New York census: Tomorrow, more city-centric
By MAUREEN CALLAHAN
New York Post
Last Updated: 11:29 AM, October 3, 2010
Posted: 10:05 PM, October 2, 2010