CINCINNATISaying its been his dream for as long as he can remember, local man Richard Jensen, 37, told reporters this week that he wants nothing more than to raise his family in the kind of place where white people greet each other on the street with a smile and a friendly word.

Ive always imagined my kids growing up in a nice little town where white people arent in too much of a hurry to say hello to other white people, the insurance broker and father of two said of his hopes to someday move to a quiet community whose white residents still take the time to ask how one anothers white families are getting along. Maybe Im old-fashioned, but I love the idea of stopping to chat with anyone you happen to meet, whether its your white mailman, your white grocer, or even a white person youve never met before.

Thats my idea of a perfect neighborhood right there, he continued.

As he described at length his desire to buy a home in a small town in which everybody knows their white neighbors names, Jensen told reporters he aspires to put down roots among the kind of friendly white people who arent afraid to walk up to each other and introduce themselves. He said he looks forward to living in an area where white children can ride their bikes to school, white parents exchange the latest news at youth hockey games, and each year, the towns whites gather to watch the local production of A Christmas Carol .

According to the Ohio native, he wants his family to enjoy a peaceful life in which white people dont bother locking their front doors and every white man, white woman, and white child goes to sleep at night feeling safe and secure.

I suppose its corny, but the older I get, the more I long for that ideal town with ball fields and picket fences and relaxing evening strolls down tree-lined streets past friendly white neighbors, said Jensen, who lamented that during his time living in the city hes never really felt like part of a close-knit white community. I want to be able to sit on my front porch with a glass of lemonade knowing that I live in a place where white folks look out for each other. Thats where Im most comfortable.

Sadly, there aren't many places like that anymore.