Is Cbus one big suburb? (Columbus, Cleveland: neighborhood, schools, living in)

[CortlandGirl79]

Just because you have africans and asians doesn't mean your city is more diverse. Holy Hell!!!!

[hillside]

in addition to other groups, middle-eastern, indian, mexican, vietnamese, cambodian, colombian and a million others there is a lot of diversity among races, ethnicities, cultures, classes, religions (muslims in columbus??) and homosexuals in columbus. 54% pct black screams of a "black and white" town, similar to what is seen in baltimore, st. louis and cincinnati. just driving around, the city feels black and most of the white people are either downtown or on one side/far reaches and the burbs feel white in most areas. there is a lot of diversity in cincinnati and cleveland, but not on the level of columbus. when the 2010 census comes out, i bet columbus doesn't look nearly as white.

[CortlandGirl79]

You must frequent areas of Columbus that i don't because i've rarely seen a black person in the suburbs at all. I've been to C-bus numerous times, shopped at Giant Eagles, gone to the malls, ate in your chain restaurants. I can't remember seeing a single black person. I've seen lots and lots of white people, some arabs, some indians and maybe a couple of asians, that's it.

[BelieveInCleve]

Hillside, you are very wrong yet again.

If you look at the stats alone for race, Cleveland is much more diverse than Columbus. And Columbus is 54% black? Im guessing you meant Cleveland. Columbus is 25% black, and thats with all the groups with dark skin, including Somalians. Ive been to Columbus many times and actually lived there for a few months, it gives no impression at all as being a "black town". Detroit, and Gary give that general impression, but not Columbus. The only areas that are like that is a small band on the Eastside. Although Im hoping that whole part of your post was referring to Cleveland for your sake.

Columbus just isnt as diverse as you think it is. Its 67% white. Even the new census estimates say its 65% white. The only thing Columbus has more of (other than white) is Asians, and Somalians. Cleveland has a lot higher percentage of African-Americans and Hispanics, which does equal diversity. The suburbs/cities outside the core city is no competetion at all, Cleveland is MUCH more diverse there. As I already mentioned, most of Columbus' suburbs and cities outside the core are nearly all white. Im not saying more diverse or less diverse is so much superior to the other, but Cleveland is just more diverse than Columbus is, the city and area.

[hillside]

Originally Posted by CortlandGirl79

You must frequent areas of Columbus that i don't because i've rarely seen a black person in the suburbs at all. I've been to C-bus numerous times, shopped at Giant Eagles, gone to the malls, ate in your chain restaurants. I can't remember seeing a single black person. I've seen lots and lots of white people, some arabs, some indians and maybe a couple of asians, that's it.

the suburbs? i think you just answered it.

the primary african-american population is centered on the eastside, which is almost all black from downtown to damn near hamilton rd. also linden and the cleveland ave corridor up to northern lights and the northside, where there is a huge somali population. there are a lot of black people off east 161 too. the southside (livingston, parsons) and short north have a lot of blacks as well. the westside has a lot of mexicans. the northside by 270 has a lot of people of middle-eastern descent, indians and asians. clintonville and northwest has a big asian community.

[CortlandGirl79]

I thought we were talking about the entire Columbus area, not just the city. If you look at greater Cleveland compared to C-bus there is no comparison.

[chesapeake83]

Maybe it is just me, but it takes more than a high percentage of blacks/hispanics to make a city diverse. Unless the minorities are coming from other parts of the country or world bringing different cultures to the area. I do not agree with everything hillside said but diversity is more than the percentage of minorities, you must include different religions, ethnicities, nationalities, culture and lifestyles.

[1watertiger]

columbusis 25% black. period. chesapeake83 is correct in what has already been said. and again cleveland and cinci win hands down (city or metro). hillside i bet you are only about 25 ? i get the impression you are not very experienced in life

[1watertiger]

HILLSIDE, thats not meant to be a put-down. peace

[columbus finest]

putting all stats aside, columbus defiantly fells waaaaay more than only 25% black. north, east, south sides seem to be atleast 50/50.

i dont were we stand compared to other ohio cities but we seem to be pretty diverse to me....