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Where are they? I just moved here from ATL for the job market and to be closer to aging family and have been majorly disappointed at the lack of blacks..2-9% in most suburbs? Are they all in Dallas and not the metro? I keep looking for the upper middle class AA that were sprinkled throughout the city of ATL...not to mention the white people.?..I miss the open-minded welcoming attitudes..where can I find that here?..
what side of town are you on? the black population of dallas is heavily concentrated over a large area south of interstat 30. the oak cliff area as well as the suburbs of lancaster, de soto, duncanville, and cedar hill all have very large black populations
what side of town are you on? the black population of dallas is heavily concentrated over a large area south of interstat 30. the oak cliff area as well as the suburbs of lancaster, de soto, duncanville, and cedar hill all have very large black populations
Thanks!!!! We have stated this numerous times before.... Here a map to show black concentration.
Where are they? I just moved here from ATL for the job market and to be closer to aging family and have been majorly disappointed at the lack of blacks..2-9% in most suburbs? Are they all in Dallas and not the metro? I keep looking for the upper middle class AA that were sprinkled throughout the city of ATL...not to mention the white people.?..I miss the open-minded welcoming attitudes..where can I find that here?..
Sorry to hear that you arent finding your niche in Dallas. The area does have one of the larger black populations in the country by raw numbers but the metroplex has a lot of people so the percentage is a lot lower than cities such as Atlanta or DC. I do feel that Atlanta has a lot more cultural and social offerings geared specifically toward blacks than what Dallas offers. But I think a lot of reasons for this is Dallas' offerings cross racial lines. You see a mixture of different people co-mingling rather than specific groups at certain places. Dallas could easily boast itself as a Latino city such as Atlanta refers to itself as a Black city but Dallas doesnt do that. I know you said you miss open minds, I dont think so much that its closed minded here. There just isnt the huge black percentage of the population that you're used to in Atlanta.
Sorry to hear that you arent finding your niche in Dallas. The area does have one of the larger black populations in the country by raw numbers but the metroplex has a lot of people so the percentage is a lot lower than cities such as Atlanta or DC. I do feel that Atlanta has a lot more cultural and social offerings geared specifically toward blacks than what Dallas offers. But I think a lot of reasons for this is Dallas' offerings cross racial lines. You see a mixture of different people co-mingling rather than specific racial groups at certain places. Dallas could easily boast itself as a Latino city such as Atlanta refers to itself as a Black city but Dallas doesnt do that. I know you said you miss open minds, I dont think so much that its closed minded here. There just isnt the huge black percentage of the population that you're used to in Atlanta.
Just to sum it up DFW is a Melting Pot....For people that love diversity....A black american from California or Flordia would have no problem adapting to DFW....but someone from a perdominately black town may have a tougher time....
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Your statement about converting the office space downtown into condos is over-exaggerated. There isn't much of a market for these condos. Talk about over-supply.
It will be a market once the economy picks up. Dallas is doing what Toronto did in the 80s and 90s with conversions from empty office buildings to residential units. It was doing great in Dallas before the recession. Most of the newer condos in Dallas was exactly those conversions along with the highrises in Uptown.
Melting pots? I would say that they are extremely diverse, but all the cultures tend to maintain their individuality vs melding together. I thought a place became a melting pot when all of the cultures start to blend together to some extent creating a unique culture for that particular city.
^Don't attack, I'm just giving my opinion.
It's like putting M&M's in bowl. You end up with a bunch of different flavors in one bowl. Now, add some heat and you end up with one unique flavor -> that's when it becomes the melting pot.
Melting pots? I would say that they are extremely diverse, but all the cultures tend to maintain their individuality vs melding together. I thought a place became a melting pot when all of the cultures start to blend together to some extent creating a unique culture for that particular city.
^Don't attack, I'm just giving my opinion.
It's like putting M&M's in bowl. You end up with a bunch of different flavors in one bowl. Now, add some heat and you end up with one unique flavor -> that's when it becomes the melting pot.
so cities should try to be one big brown glob of melted chocolate?
and do you mean one color? last i checked, all m&ms tasted the same lol
...i think the m&m metaphor would better describe the black community: we all come in different colors, but we all taste like chocolate on the inside
Why do Atlanta's freeways have more lanes than DFW's freeways?
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