Based on nothing except the short hand legacy of long island, I imagine this has something to do with segregation followed by redlining and then whatever neo-redlining has been going on in the 21st century.
Why do redlining when you can just keep doing de facto segregation.
Why do redlining when you can just keep doing de facto segregation.
https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/segregation-real-estate-history/#nd-promo
you're right - I had even read most of that article too awhile ago. I just completely forgot about it (the article) at the time of the comment