While the nation's diversity is undoubtedly growing, local-level diversity is still rarely sustained. Much less is known about communities whose integration has been steady than about communities that remain segregated. Examining these communities and their active residents has the potential to address questions about the sustainability of diversity in these communities. Further, examining how active residents in these communities talk and think about race has the potential to expand what is known about color-blind and diversity discourses and how they are concretely applied in local settings. In this project, I examine 3 of the nation's 14 stably diverse communities, seen through the lens of their most active residents. I conducted 41 qualitative interviews with residents of the adjoining Rogers Park, Edgewater, and Uptown on Chicago's Northeast Side, asking open-ended questions about their housing history, history of neighborhood involvement, and any relevant community issues that emerged as important to them along the way. (More)