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View Poll Results: Which city is the capital of Black America in your opinion?
NYC Area 66 4.89%
Phil 25 1.85%
DC 121 8.96%
Atlanta 807 59.78%
Memphis 21 1.56%
New ORleans 33 2.44%
Houston 29 2.15%
Seattle 14 1.04%
Chicago 35 2.59%
Detroit 84 6.22%
Other (include in your reply) 14 1.04%
There is none. 101 7.48%
Voters: 1350. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-24-2019, 11:13 PM
 
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I'm still lmao that this fool said Seattle, AND 11 PEOPLE VOTED FOR IT!!!!
Every single person who voted for Seattle did so because it's funny to pick the most ridiculous option sometimes.
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Old 08-24-2019, 11:46 PM
 
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Downtown Atlanta is the Skid Row of Atlanta
For now anyway. Hopefully that will be changing within the next few years with some big developments underway and planned.
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Old 08-28-2019, 01:28 PM
 
Location: New York
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Detroit
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Old 08-28-2019, 04:10 PM
 
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Atlanta and anywhere else where they do 'Love and Hip Hop'
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Old 08-28-2019, 06:41 PM
 
Location: Tupelo, Ms
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Atlanta and anywhere else where they do 'Love and Hip Hop'
How about setting aside entertainment industry and look at other factors.
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Old 08-28-2019, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I'd have to disagree; anyone who's been to downtown Atlanta has a front-row seat to the city's large Black indigent population and that can't just be brushed aside or ignored, even by Atlantans. If anything, folks are acting like every Black person in the DMV is balling with a GS-14 step 10 federal government position with a security clearance.
It depends on who speak to really. The black folks who aren’t in the hood mentality def try to hide it. The poster here who keeps sharing that tech article is a prime example.
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Old 09-21-2019, 09:02 AM
 
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Well for Black women, it's definitely not Pittsburgh: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/...police/598291/
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Old 12-06-2019, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Washington D.C.
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DC to open first African American Market similar to Chelsea Market, Union Market, and Ponce City Market
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Old 12-06-2019, 04:23 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Well for Black women, it's definitely not Pittsburgh: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/...police/598291/
I can honestly say Pittsburgh is probably the last city that came to mind when thinking of the where the capital of black American is.
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Old 12-06-2019, 04:28 PM
 
Location: Mainland Europe
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New Orleans, Atlanta, Chicago or Memphis, unfortunately very dangerous cities as well
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