Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
It looks like YOU need to leave the couch, and see why DC and ATL are the most talked about within this thread.
as Toronto R&B artist Daniel Caesar would say...
"Take me back to Georgia, back to Atlanta
Funny how present turns past"
I don't think they need to leave the couch Baldwin Hills, Ladera Heights, and View Park in LA are hands down the best black neighborhoods in the country. They are not called the black beverly hills for no reason. Many homes have views of Downtown LA, The Mountains, and the pacific ocean from front and back yards also have an average home price of $1.3 million DC or Atl can't compete with that.
I don't think they need to leave the couch Baldwin Hills, Ladera Heights, and View Park in LA are hands down the best black neighborhoods in the country. They are not called the black beverly hills for no reason. Many homes have views of Downtown LA, The Mountains, and the pacific ocean from front and back yards also have an average home price of $1.3 million DC or Atl can't compete with that.
Nice houses. That second block has a walk score of 24 and is zoned for schools rated 1,3 and 4 on GreatSchools. There is no way in hell I’d consider that America’s best Black neighborhood. To each, his own.
Im assuming by meh you are referring to architecture because that is the only resemblance I see here between Kenwood and the NYC areas that you chose. Other than that the area looks boring like many of the black hoods in Southeast Queens, Northeast Bronx and South Brooklyn.
Kenwood, in terms of architecture, urbanity, amenities, schools, proximity to downtown...basically everything. It’s far more similar to Bed Stuy than it is to Queens Village.
Nice houses. That second block has a walk score of 24 and is zoned for schools rated 1,3 and 4 on GreatSchools. There is no way in hell I’d consider that America’s best Black neighborhood. To each, his own.
Be careful with this, as the methodology varies by state and historically has been by test scores alone. It has added some more to its criteria though: https://www.greatschools.org/gk/ratings/
Be careful with this, as the methodology varies by state and historically has been by test scores alone. It has added some more to its criteria though: https://www.greatschools.org/gk/ratings/
Oh, I know it’s incredibly faulty, but schools that score three and under tend to actually be bad, with 9-10 being reliably good.The middle scores vary widely.
Nice houses. That second block has a walk score of 24 and is zoned for schools rated 1,3 and 4 on GreatSchools. There is no way in hell I’d consider that America’s best Black neighborhood. To each, his own.
Anything North of Elevado Ave in Beverly Hills has a terrible walk score, but I'd still take a house there.
As for schools, as a parent living in LAUSD, it doesn't matter a lot what the 'zoned' schools are rated in your neighborhood (at least for elementary). LAUSD has tons of public charters, magnets, dual language, and permits with transportation schools (which is a voluntary integration program). So my guess is that parents in this area that don't want to go with private school send their kids to a good nearby charter, magnet, or dual language program elementary school. You see this a lot in LA. It does become a challenge sometimes for middle school and high school, since the attendance zones tend to be big, it can mean a longer distance trip to school, but there are still a lot of dual language and magnet programs. None of the kids in my neighborhood go to the local 'zoned to' elementary (though several older kids go to the zoned to middle and high schools which are well regarded). A couple of elementary aged kids go to private schools, but the rest go to highly rated public elementary schools/dual language programs in LAUSD. I would imagine the wealthy families that live in Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights would act similarly.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
