The Seattle Times picks up on a popular meme: Is Seattle’s ‘gayborhood’ vanishing?
“This isn’t unique to Seattle,” says University of British Columbia sociologist Amin Ghaziani. In his new book, “There Goes The Gayborhood?,” Ghaziani explores how traditionally gay neighborhoods are “straightening” in many major U.S. cities, including New York, Chicago and San Francisco. …
So is Capitol Hill in danger of becoming about as gay as Ballard is Norwegian?
Consider this: In 2000, the five census tracts with the highest concentration of gay-couple households in Seattle were all located on Capitol Hill. In 2012, not one Capitol Hill census tract remained in the top 5.
Interactive map comparing 2000 and 2012 here.
