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I'd still take Baltimore--again, rather easily. As a Black man, I prefer cities with a large, robust Black cultural infrastructure and more social opportunities. Baltimore provides that while Seattle doesn't come close. And Baltimore's climate and geographical location are more preferable as well.
From a geographical perspective, yes, Baltimore is within driving distance to Washington D.C., NYC, Philly, ect, but to say that a larger black population leads to more opportunity for black Americans I find to be untrue. There are several cities with large black populations and the communities that black people find themselves in are usually under served and over policed, but to each his own. I'm white, but I lived in Oakland which is a significant city when it comes to black America, but most of the black people in the city live in slums, not in the nice neighborhoods with good schools leading to opportunity. For example, there's a community about 20 miles from Oakland called Bay Point, it is a predominantly working class Hispanic community. A mother who lived in Bay Point, but worked in one of the more Affluent areas tried to enroll her daughter in the school district where she worked. They hired a private investigator to make it so the girl was kicked out of school. Orinda: District hires private investigator, kicks live-in nanny's daughter out of school - San Jose Mercury News
Sorry but as a black man who has lived in both areas I'd much rather live in Seattle. Black people are leaving Baltimore as well with its shrinking population.
You have your preferences and I have mine. I'd prefer not to live in such a whitebread, isolated city myself.
And Blacks are leaving the city proper but not in significant numbers. There's still the larger metro area and metro Baltimore has a very sizable educated Black middle class.
From a geographical perspective, yes, Baltimore is within driving distance to Washington D.C., NYC, Philly, ect, but to say that a larger black population leads to more opportunity for black Americans I find to be untrue. There are several cities with large black populations and the communities that black people find themselves in are usually under served and over policed, but to each his own. I'm white, but I lived in Oakland which is a significant city when it comes to black America, but most of the black people in the city live in slums, not in the nice neighborhoods with good schools leading to opportunity. For example, there's a community about 20 miles from Oakland called Bay Point, it is a predominantly working class Hispanic community. A mother who lived in Bay Point, but worked in one of the more Affluent areas tried to enroll her daughter in the school district where she worked. They hired a private investigator to make it so the girl was kicked out of school. Orinda: District hires private investigator, kicks live-in nanny's daughter out of school - San Jose Mercury News
I never said "a larger black population leads to more opportunity for black Americans," although that tends to be more true than not. Everyone knows urban poverty and blight are real issues in Baltimore, but not everyone is aware of the upwardly mobile, educated Black middle class in metro Baltimore, and it is sizable.
COL: Baltimore
Nightlife: Seattle
Things to do in the city: Seattle
Things to do in the region: Baltimore
Jobs/economy: Seattle
Climate: Seattle
Culture: Seattle
Food: Seattle
You have your preferences and I have mine. I'd prefer not to live in such a whitebread, isolated city myself.
And Blacks are leaving the city proper but not in significant numbers. There's still the larger metro area and metro Baltimore has a very sizable educated Black middle class.
Yes you have your preference and I have mine. Black educated middle class folks are all over the country including Seattle. To actually know about black Seattle and its history is something you and most people no nothing about. But anyway, Seattle is a city for all.
3 hours to NYC
3 hours to Atlantic city
90 minutes to Philly
45-60 minutes to DC
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