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To diversify the workforce. There was a campaign initiated last year called DiverseCity....It is a website dedicated to putting the word out about the new Pittsburgh and what it offers today as oppose to yesteryear.
Pittsburgh? I don't think that place should really be in this conversation.
"If I get off the plane in a place like Charlotte, it's so diverse: black, white, Indian, Asian," he said. "Whenever I come back home and land, I say to myself: 'Wow, it's so white.' It is very startling and in your face."...Pittsburgh City Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle
Pittsburgh? I don't think that place should really be in this conversation.
"If I get off the plane in a place like Charlotte, it's so diverse: black, white, Indian, Asian," he said. "Whenever I come back home and land, I say to myself: 'Wow, it's so white.' It is very startling and in your face."...Pittsburgh City Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle
Interesting article, but you can see that all of the people mentioned the potential for hungry Black folks to do big things there and I feel that way about other Rust Belt cities and areas. While they have their issues, many, if not all still have a Black middle class to a degree. I was a bit surprised about the mention of not having a mostly Black middle class neighborhood or that you can't find a nice, middle class suburb with diversity. I thought that Monroeville was a middle class suburb with diversity, along with parts of the Woodland Hills and Penn Hills school districts would fit too. Even in Upstate NY metros like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany you can find both of those things.
Maybe Southern California.....................Please do not come to San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, etc. They have no regards for progressing African Americans.
Your best bet is Atlanta, GA, Washington DC, Even Alabama.............. Its amazing how all of the jobs in the Bay area of San Fran are going to everyone except African Americans............I have called CNN ........Cameras don't lie.
Maybe Southern California.....................Please do not come to San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, etc. They have no regards for progressing African Americans.
Your best bet is Atlanta, GA, Washington DC, Even Alabama.............. Its amazing how all of the jobs in the Bay area of San Fran are going to everyone except African Americans............I have called CNN ........Cameras don't lie.
Interesting article, but you can see that all of the people mentioned the potential for hungry Black folks to do big things there and I feel that way about other Rust Belt cities and areas. While they have their issues, many, if not all still have a Black middle class to a degree. I was a bit surprised about the mention of not having a mostly Black middle class neighborhood or that you can't find a nice, middle class suburb with diversity. I thought that Monroeville was a middle class suburb with diversity, along with parts of the Woodland Hills and Penn Hills school districts would fit too. Even in Upstate NY metros like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany you can find both of those things.
Anybody who says that there's no black middle class in Pittsburgh is an idiot. No, it's not Atlanta, Washington DC, Philadelphia, or even Baltimore, but it does exist nonetheless, primarily in some of the city's East End neighborhoods and the eastern suburbs.
Monroeville demographics
79.5% white
12.6% black
6.1% Asian
2.3% multiracial
1.5% Hispanic
Median household income: $53,840
Percent of residents in poverty: 7.2%
Churchill demographics
81.9% white
13.8% black
2.7% Asian
1.2% multiracial
1.8% Hispanic
Median household income: $79,945
Percent of residents in poverty: 4.1%
Edgewood demographics
85.1% white
9.3% black
2.6% Asian
2.1% multiracial
2.7% Hispanic
Median household income: $56,165
Percent of residents in poverty: 9.3%
Forest Hills demographics
87.7% white
9.1% black
1.2% Asian
1.5% multiracial
1.3% Hispanic
Median household income: $52,350
Percent of residents in poverty: 6.6%
Penn Hills demographics
61.4% white
34.6% black
0.8% Asian
2.5% multiracial
1.4% Hispanic
Median household income: $44,340
Percent of residents in poverty: 10.5%
Wilkins Township demographics
83.7% white
11.8% black
2.1% Asian
1.7% multiracial
1.3% Hispanic
Median household income: $44,402
Percent of residents in poverty: 8.3%
These are all suburbs of Pittsburgh with a black middle-class presence. Penn Hills has dealt with "white flight" and subsequent ghettoization in some areas, but the rest of them are stable. Neighborhoods in the city's East End that have a noticeable black middle class include East Liberty, Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights and Point Breeze. On the North Side, the neighborhoods are Brighton Heights, Manchester, Allegheny West and the Central North Side.
Truth is, any place east of the Mississippi River with jagged terrain has never been heavily settled by blacks. For as much of a "black Mecca" as Atlanta is, and despite all the blacks moving back to the South, you'll barely find any in the north Georgia mountains. It's also worth noting that the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area is even whiter than Pittsburgh. Nobody laughs at Knoxville for it, though, or labels it "unwelcoming" or "racist."
It's time that people stop pretending that places that lag in "diversity" are necessarily unwelcoming or intolerant. What matters most is opportunity. What also helps is whether or not a place has become a magnet for Asians and Hispanics since immigration laws were liberalized in the 1960's. What seriously hurt Pittsburgh was that this happened just in time for the economy to go to **** for two decades.
In terms of economic push/pull factors, there was a hard push out of Pittsburgh during the 1970's and 1980's. If the people who already lived there had to leave in large numbers, then there was no reason for people who didn't already live there to even bother. The push ended by the early 1990's, but the pull hadn't begun until the late 1990's. This delayed Pittsburgh's diversification by a good 20 to 30 years. (It also accelerated Pittsburgh's age profile by about 20 to 30 years, but that's another topic altogether.)
And yet, despite all those factors working against it for a generation, the Pittsburgh area has begun to diversify. The black population increased between 2000 and 2010, which is more than can be said for several other major metropolitan areas nearby. And most people are probably unaware that Pittsburgh now has two suburbs with populations that are at least 10% Asian, and 11 suburbs with populations that are at least 5% Asian. (The city of Pittsburgh itself will soon cross the 5% threshold as well.)
Lastly, the Pittsburgh metropolitan area skews whiter because of its outlying counties. Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland Counties are all over 90% white. Allegheny County alone accounts for almost all the diversity, and it's also where most of the diversification is happening. And when you consider that the population growth in the metropolitan area has been more than entirely driven by growth in Allegheny County while the other six counties combined have lost population (Butler and Washington grew; Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette and Westmoreland lost), it's reasonable to forecast that this will have a noticeable effect on the demographics of the metropolitan area by 2020.
Maybe Southern California.....................Please do not come to San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, etc. They have no regards for progressing African Americans.
Your best bet is Atlanta, GA, Washington DC, Even Alabama.............. Its amazing how all of the jobs in the Bay area of San Fran are going to everyone except African Americans............I have called CNN ........Cameras don't lie.
Yet another suggesting we all hole ourselves up in either Atlanta or DC......if only I had a dime.
What are the best cities for professional african americans to live in?
The cities would have to be integrated, racially diverse and accepting, have a vast amount of african americans in the middle, upper middle class and possess a strong job economy.
So far I know Houston TX, Dallas Tx, Columbus OH, Jackonsonville fla, Atlanta GA, Washington D.C, Raleigh N.C., Chicago IL, and Memphis TN are on that list is there any others?
I know 1 city thats not on that list and thats pittsburgh pa.
Carmel, Indiana and Indianapolis made the #1 spot for CNN Money magazines article for best places to live. Carmel, IN - Best Places to Live - Money Magazine
If you cant afford to live in Carmel than Fishers and Westfield are 2 close alternatives. All of these areas are within a 30 minute drive of Downtown Indianapolis.
Carmel is more affordable though than similar Suburbs in other major US cities.
Carmel, Indiana and Indianapolis made the #1 spot for CNN Money magazines article for best places to live. Carmel, IN - Best Places to Live - Money Magazine
If you cant afford to live in Carmel than Fishers and Westfield are 2 close alternatives. All of these areas are within a 30 minute drive of Downtown Indianapolis.
Carmel is more affordable though than similar Suburbs in other major US cities.
Yeah, but the OP asked for integrated and racially diverse. Carmel is just 2.9% African American and Fishers is 5.5% African American. While nice, these towns don't meet the OP's criteria.
If I see one more of these threads. African Americans can prosper in any city they want to. I live in Phoenix which isn't the blackest city in the country but there are quite a few black professionals/yuppie types here doing well. Theres also a strong black professional network in the Phoenix area. Of course you can't beat cities like Atlanta, DC, and Chicago as having a decent black professional population. There is no "Best City" for African American professionals. It's all about your career field and what you want out of a city.
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yeah..right..
With this attitude regarding the above post it would not surprise me at all if you did NOT succeed anywhere.
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