BET.com Ranks Charlotte as 'Best City' for Black Families (Washington: best neighborhoods, neighborhoods)

[Carolina Blue]

Thursday February 15, 8:00 pm ET
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070215/dcth062.html?.v=61 (broken link)

[Alanboy395]

how in the hell did Washington DC finish 2nd?! DC is no place for a black family, hell any family!

[DawnW]

Wow, that is interesting. I had no idea. I will have to read the article when I get a chance.

Dawn

[Carolina Blue]

Originally Posted by Alanboy395

how in the hell did Washington DC finish 2nd?! DC is no place for a black family, hell any family!

Ha!!! That was good. But I'm not gone knock DC because I like the place and I have several friends who live there. But I'll play devil's advocate and guess that the study didn't really look at "cities", but probably more likely "metro areas". For DC that would mean places like PG County which is widely known as having the largest population of prominent African-Americans of any municipality in the country. The "city" of DC is probably the only thing keeping that region from being number one. Just a guess.

[mountain_time_Blues]

Yes Charlotte does have a large middle class African-American population. I can see why they would rate CLT high on their list.

[bliss_user]

I've lived in DC and now Charlotte.

If you have to live in "tha hood" because it's all you can afford, I would say both cities are about equal.

DC, however, offers more assistance for economically challeged families and individuals. As least in my estimation. In DC, qualified seniors and low-income families can receive partial or full funds to cover all utility payments by applying to the Department of Energy.

We haven't been able to locate any such program for a senior member of our family who resides in Charlotte.

DC's bus and rail systems offer extensive routes that traverse nearly every corner of the city, including some of the closer suburbs. There is nothing even close in Charlotte.

The school system here in Meck county is undergoing a major overhaul because of serious issues with overcrowding, poor student performance, etc.

I guess it all depends on what's really important to one's lifestyle...

[mountain_time_Blues]

Originally Posted by bliss_user

The school system here in Meck county is undergoing a major overhaul because of serious issues with overcrowding, poor student performance, etc.

Yeah CMS isn't exactly a shining star on a hill, but DC probably has these things 10x fold. Correct me if I'm wrong as I've only heard from 3rd parties on DC.

[Carolina Blue]

Originally Posted by bliss_user

I've lived in DC and now Charlotte.

If you have to live in "tha hood" because it's all you can afford, I would say both cities are about equal...

Ummm???? I dont' know about that. Charlotte does have bad areas, but nothing on the level of places like Southeast DC. That's just my opinion.

[Davie to Charlotte]

I'd like to be around progressive positive African Americans. What are the best neighborhoods in Charlotte for that.

Also, where are the hang outs. where do we congregate when we are looking to have a good time in the Charlotte area.

thanks in advance for the feedback

[Carolina Blue]

Originally Posted by Davie to Charlotte

I'd like to be around progressive positive African Americans. What are the best neighborhoods in Charlotte for that.

Also, where are the hang outs. where do we congregate when we are looking to have a good time in the Charlotte area.

thanks in advance for the feedback

Just PM'd you some links to some places; and also included some articles you may like.