Apparently, while diversity in neighborhoods and cities can drive creative and economic forces, it can also lead to civic disengagement. People in diverse communities are more likely to:<\/p>\n
“… distrust their neighbors, regardless of the color of their skin, to withdraw even from close friends, to expect the worst from their community and its leaders, to volunteer less, give less to charity and work on community projects less often, to register to vote less, to agitate for social reform more but have less faith that they can actually make a difference, and to huddle unhappily in front of the television.”<\/p>\n
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“There were neither great bonds formed across group lines nor heightened ethnic tensions, but a general civic malaise. And in perhaps the most surprising result of all, levels of trust were not only lower between groups in more diverse settings, but even among members of the same group.”<\/p>\n