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So, besides Houston and NYC, what other areas offer that balance of both worlds? This is just a general question anyone can answer.
Many other cities. I know SF doesn't have a large Black population but they have enough and it's pretty integrated throughout the metro IIRC. Chicago is very diverse though segregated. Same with DC to a lesser extent. In Miami, you have Blacks, Cubans, and other South American nationalities living side by side in many areas.
I suppose Atlanta has a serious advantage if your entire existence revolves around your Blackness. Most Houstonians are far too used to diversity to entertain such ideals.
Not entirely, but mostly--which is generally true. We all know that social circles in the U.S. are largely defined by race, even in the most diverse of cities. Atlanta certainly has enough diversity for one to get his/her multicultural fix while also enjoying the immensity of the Black cultural infrastructure which exists there.
Yes! I agree. Most blacks here will bring up how diverse Houston is, while saying it's a great place for blacks. IMO, Houston is the best of both worlds: black world and diverse world.
Not entirely, but mostly--which is generally true. We all know that social circles in the U.S. are largely defined by race, even in the most diverse of cities. Atlanta certainly has enough diversity for one to get his/her multicultural fix while also enjoying the immensity of the Black cultural infrastructure which exists there.
If and when that happens, but my experience in Atlanta is that the races were noticeably less likely to be socially integrated than in Houston. That's the point Southernboy was making when he said it had the best of both worlds.
If and when that happens, but my experience in Atlanta is that the races were noticeably less likely to be socially integrated than in Houston. That's the point Southernboy was making when he said it had the best of both worlds.
I wasn't responding to his point, but your's. Overall, social circles are mainly stratified by race in America regardless of diversity within cities and truthfully, many of the people who like to brag about diversity in general are quite unlikely to truly have several friends of different races. I'm not saying it's true of you or Southern boy, but just in general. But in most major metros, exposure to other races is something that can happen pretty easily.
I think it's also important to note that there's diversity within races as well.
I wasn't responding to his point, but your's. Overall, social circles are mainly stratified by race in America regardless of diversity within cities and truthfully, many of the people who like to brag about diversity in general are quite unlikely to truly have several friends of different races. I'm not saying it's true of you or Southern boy, but just in general. But in most major metros, exposure to other races is something that can happen pretty easily.
I think it's also important to note that there's diversity within races as well.
I don't know man... In my own experience from living in ATL and LA is that I had many more friends who were not my shade in LA than ATL. All my friends in ATL were/are black. I wish I could combine what I love about LA and ATL but that is just not possible.
I don't know man... In my own experience from living in ATL and LA is that I had many more friends who were not my shade in LA than ATL. All my friends in ATL were/are black. I wish I could combine what I love about LA and ATL but that is just not possible.
I'm speaking generally...I know that doesn't apply to each and every person.
There are no cities. There are neighborhoods, regardless of which city you live in.
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