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What does go on in Europe?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 02:45:03 AM EST
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Really bad parking outside the church converted to a mosque in the city centre on a Friday afternoon?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 02:52:45 AM EST
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Malta is, of course, part of Europe...

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 03:03:51 AM EST
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BooMan:
Neighborhoods are not segregated, although there are enclaves that are very heavily Muslim.  
Apparently in Europe we have segregated neighbourhoods, whereas in the US they have "heavily Muslim enclaves".

When I was in London I spent 4 years in a "heavily Muslim enclave" (my landlord, my next-door neighbours and my hairdresser, greengrocer, newsagent, post office clerk, convenience store owner... for the last 3 years, and one of my three local Councillors, were Pakistani). However it was not a "segregated neighbourhood".

Is this a case of "I have enclaves, you have segregated neighbourhoods, he has ghettos"?

Madrid also has "heavily Muslim enclaves" but I am not aware of "segregated neighbourhoods" either. Does Paris have "segregated neighbourhoods"?

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 04:20:00 AM EST
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Apparently in Europe we have segregated neighbourhoods, whereas in the US they have "heavily Muslim enclaves".

Yes, sort of like how in Yurp you have "used cars" while in America we have "pre-owned vehicles".

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by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 03:16:25 PM EST
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