Which one is more Diverse- The Tri-State Metropolitan Area or The San Francisco Bay Area? (people, NYC)

[eek]

its not being underestimated...

its just going against the tristate area. perhaps you are underestimating the tristate area??

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by eek

its not being underestimated...

its just going against the tristate area. perhaps you are underestimating the tristate area??

Perhaps... I've heard before in school that the bay area is the most diverse region in the country though so

[clean_polo]

Originally Posted by eek

race =/= ethnicity, tho.

white (for example) in ny can mean:

from the czech republic, russia, england, ireland, spain, south africa, canada, puerto rico, argentina, etc.

black can mean:

honduras, jamaica, haiti, zimbabwe, dominican republic, ivory coast, etc.

hispanic can mean any spanish speaking country regardless of race but some ppl consider hispanic to be a race even tho its not, etc. etc.

I agree with eek, the Tri-State area has the most overall ethnic diversity compared to the Bay Area which has racial diversity.

[BPerone201]

Since eek is doing a fine job posting NYC pics, how about some of the metropolitan's ethnic neighborhoods.

Ironbound Newark - "Little Portugal/Brazil"


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Edison/Iselin NJ- "Little India" (Edison has a higher percentage of Indians than any other city)


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Fort Lee/Palisades Park NJ (The biggest enclave of Koreans in the nation)

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(Can't find much street pics, but drive around these places and you'll see A LOT of oriental writing all over the place)

[Nineties Flava]

^in that sense somewhat... but latino in the bay area doesn't just mean mexican. There's quite a few El Salvadoreans and Nicaraguans in the bay... there's also some Brazilians but not as many. What I doubt there's too much of in NY at all is Pacific Islanders... there's a whole lot of pacific islanders in the bay

[eek]

Originally Posted by Nineties Flava

I doubt there's too much of in NY at all is Pacific Islanders...

now i'm 100% sure that we don't have as many pacific islanders in nyc as you do in the bay, but:

YouTube - PHILIPPINE PARADE NYC 2009 # 1

[clean_polo]

I was going to put the Phillipine Center as a picture but aren't Filipinos considered Asian? Not Pacific Islander.

[Nineties Flava]

I'll try something new... I'll split bay area cities into what races/ethnicites they represent.


San Francisco - all races with an emphasis on caucasians, latinos and asians
Oakland - all races
San Jose - Mostly Latino, Caucasian and Asian
Berkeley - all races
Hayward - all races with a slight emphasis on caucasians and latinos
Fremont - Caucasian & Asian. Has the highest concentration of Afghans in the country
San Mateo - Caucasian, Latino & Asian
Vallejo - all races
Mountain View - Caucasian, Latino & Asian
Redwood City - Caucasian & Latino
Pittsburg - all races

While there is a focus on caucasians, latinos and asians, you see them all across the bay area... it's almost impossible to find a region that's uniformly one culture. The closest to that in the entire bay area would be Marin County

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

I was going to put the Phillipine Center as a picture but aren't Filipinos considered Asian? Not Pacific Islander.

yea pacific islanders would be samoans & polynesians

[eek]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

I was going to put the Phillipine Center as a picture but aren't Filipinos considered Asian? Not Pacific Islander.

that depends on the filipino...
some believe they are asian and others call themselves pacific islanders. IMO, and i'm not filipino, they are asians. yes they are from an island in the pacific but so is japan.