10 best cities for African Americans 2011 (cinema, hippest, income)

[tweezy]

I just read a list that just doesn't seem right, that said, I thought maybe city data could provide a better opinions on this subject. Thanks in advance.

[annie_himself]

Most lists aren't right. Any growing or large city is good for blacks.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by tweezy

I just read a list that just doesn't seem right, that said, I thought maybe city data could provide a better opinions on this subject. Thanks in advance.

Umm....where is the list???

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

Umm....where is the list???

yeah, I wanna see it too.


anyway, everyone is different. Who knows what is best for another. People need to stop letting people tell them where is best for them.

[The Nostalgia Critic]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

Most lists aren't right. Any growing or large city is good for blacks.

So all large cities are good for Blacks ? Even the ones where a high percentage of Blacks live in the ghetto ?

[~CountryBoy~]

I really don't understand the fascination of which city are the best for a certain race group.

[davidals]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

Most lists aren't right. Any growing or large city is good for blacks.

Especially if you can land a sweet job there. For the right gig, my black $#^ would be high-tailing it to Bozeman, Montana, and loving every second of it. The funny thing about income, especially if there's lots of it involved: if I miss my people, hopping a value jet to Atlanta (y'know, the world-class center of the universe, the place where matter and anti-matter chill at the same bar, the place where all good in the universe flows from, all because it's world-class, unlike those cranky New Yorkers or sexually avant garde brainiacs from the Bay Area) is cheap and easy.

These kinds of threads are soooo goood. I wond what the best city for a Kazakh might be? I have a good frind who is Kazakh, his wife is Spanish (Castillan). She's got a doctorate in something or another, he owns a couple small businesses. They're cheerful cheerful people, big cinema aficionados, have the cutest kid, with the hippest parents in the world. And not 'tryna be hip' parents - but really: very cool people into lots of cool stuff, because that's how they are. This area - Triangle/RTP North Carolina seems like the perfect place for them. But could the - God forbid - be missing out on some other ideal destination:?:!?: the greater Midland-Odessa Metropolitan area of Texas for example, or how about someplace like Buffalo, Wyoming.

Makes ya think, don't it?

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by The Nostalgia Critic

So all large cities are good for Blacks ? Even the ones where a high percentage of Blacks live in the ghetto ?

When blacks normally move to a larger city, they tend not to move to the ghetto. At least no one in my family or friends have moved in the ghettos of another city.

Originally Posted by davidals

Especially if you can land a sweet job there. For the right gig, my black $#^ would be high-tailing it to Bozeman, Montana, and loving every second of it. The funny thing about income, especially if there's lots of it involved: if I miss my people, hopping a value jet to Atlanta (y'know, the world-class center of the universe, the place where matter and anti-matter chill at the same bar, the place where all good in the universe flows from, all because it's world-class, unlike those cranky New Yorkers or sexually avant garde brainiacs from the Bay Area) is cheap and easy.

These kinds of threads are soooo goood. I wond what the best city for a Kazakh might be? I have a good frind who






is Kazakh, his wife is Spanish (Castillan). She's got a doctorate in something or another, he owns a couple small businesses. They're cheerful cheerful people, big cinema aficionados, have the cutest kid, with the hippest parents in the world. And not 'tryna be hip' parents - but really: very cool people into lots of cool stuff, because that's how they are. This area - Triangle/RTP North Carolina seems like the perfect place for them. But could the - God forbid - be missing out on some other ideal destination:?:!?: the greater Midland-Odessa Metropolitan area of Texas for example, or how about someplace like Buffalo, Wyoming.

Makes ya think, don't it?

You lost me on the second paragraph. But yes when you move and get a larger salary, life gets much better.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by tweezy

I just read a list that just doesn't seem right, that said, I thought maybe city data could provide a better opinions on this subject. Thanks in advance.

Best cities for Blacks off the top of my head:

DC
Atlanta
Houston
Chicago
Dallas

[The Nostalgia Critic]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

When blacks normally move to a larger city, they tend not to move to the ghetto. At least no one in my family or friends have moved in the ghettos of another city.

You lost me on the second paragraph. But yes when you move and get a larger salary, life gets much better.

Most Blacks living in the Northern cities have family roots back in the South. That also includes Blacks who live in the ghettos of Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, etc. So yes a lot of Blacks who move to a larger city do move to the ghettos of that larger city.