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There will be meccas until the end of the world. A standard is a standard. It's a big difference in a place that is good for a particular group vs being a mecca for that group. There will always be black, white, latino, tech, food, gambling, etc meccas.
For racial groups, as the U.S. transitions to majority-minority and there's more racial integration/intermarriage, that will mean less and less as time goes by. You're swimming against the current here.
For racial groups, as the U.S. transitions to majority-minority and there's more racial integration/intermarriage, that will mean less and less as time goes by. You're swimming against the current here.
If you say so....
I think you are confusing "good place to live" vs "mecca"
That's why I made this thread. You have black meccas and places that are good for blacks. Two totally different things. Example....Is Atlanta the Korean or Hispanic mecca? No. Is Atlanta a good place for Koreans and Hispanics? Yes. There is a big difference.
I get that, but you'll have places that are good for Black folks that don't fit half of that criteria. For instance, military metros, regardless of Black percentage, tend to have Black median household incomes above the national figure.
Would a metro like say a metro like the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown NY metro be viewed as a good metro for Black people due to having one of the smallest White-Black per capita gaps out of top 100 metros(3rd), for being one of the most integrated top 100 metros in the country, for having a Black educational attainment in the neighborhood of the Black Meccas, for its proximity to NYC where you can take a train into the city and for having a Black median household income above the national figure? It may fit some of the criteria, but what about being a good area for Black people?
What are some other areas that would be viewed as being good for Black people?
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There's no black mecca at least today. Atlanta and DC, both, have areas of concentrated poverty. Black wealth doesn't cluster. High income blacks are less likely to live around fellow blacks.
There's no black mecca at least today. Atlanta and DC, both, have areas of concentrated poverty. Black wealth doesn't cluster. High income blacks are less likely to live around fellow blacks.
That's stupid. That's like saying San Francisco isn't the tech mecca because of all the homeless people. That's like saying LA isn't the A List celebrity mecca because of all the illegals. Not trying to hijack this topic. If you want to bring up other topics do it in another thread
I think you are confusing "good place to live" vs "mecca"
I'm well aware of what the difference is. All I'm saying is that mecca status won't carry the importance it used to going forward.
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Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey
There's no black mecca at least today. Atlanta and DC, both, have areas of concentrated poverty. Black wealth doesn't cluster. High income blacks are less likely to live around fellow blacks.
I'm well aware of what the difference is. All I'm saying is that mecca status won't carry the importance it used to going forward.
Black wealth actually does cluster in both Atlanta and DC, but just in various places.
For some reason, everyone thinks of "mecca" in purely economic terms. It includes that concept but goes way beyond that.
Either way, going forward, it won't mean nearly as much as it used to in decades past.
OK. I guess there will be no more shopping meccas (NYC), food meccas (San Fran, NYC, Chicago), no more sports meccas (Boston), college football meccas (Alabama), A List celebrity meccas (LA, NYC) anymore going forward.
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