Best cities for interracial (black/white) families not in the south or west coast (neighborhoods, college)
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I'm white, wife is black. We have a son. I see all kinds of info on interest in interracial dating, but I'm not dating, so it is not to helpful. It also doesn't neccesarily give any indication of how the populace might feel about interracial families. Dating outside of your race is a little different than marrying and having kids.
South and most of midwest gets to hot. I have no desire to go back near where I was raised in Florida and I don't think we would care for the extremely in your face liberal economic and social policies of the west coast, not to mention the ridiculous cost of living.
We are currently living near Des Moines, IA. We came for work, but in at most 5 years we are leaving and will be looking for a different type of city.
Where should I be looking?
My wife is a highly educated prodessional and I would like to give her and my son the best and most comfortable environment to thrive.
I'm white, wife is black. We have a son. I see all kinds of info on interest in interracial dating, but I'm not dating, so it is not to helpful. It also doesn't neccesarily give any indication of how the populace might feel about interracial families. Dating outside of your race is a little different than marrying and having kids.
South and most of midwest gets to hot. I have no desire to go back near where I was raised in Florida and I don't think we would care for the extremely in your face liberal economic and social policies of the west coast, not to mention the ridiculous cost of living.
We are currently living near Des Moines, IA. We came for work, but in at most 5 years we are leaving and will be looking for a different type of city.
Where should I be looking?
My wife is a highly educated prodessional and I would like to give her and my son the best and most comfortable environment to thrive.
Thanks
What about the Twin Cities? Columbus OH comes to mind as well. If you didn't mind cost of living, I'd say the DC area and parts of NE NJ too. College towns or college areas of cities(as well as surrounding neighborhoods/communities) may work as well. If you want the Northeast, perhaps look into those college towns/college areas in metros in the region.
Also, when you say that you are looking for a different type of city, what do you mean by that?
Last edited by ckhthankgod; 09-28-2014 at 08:15 PM..
It's tough to say. You pretty much eliminated most of your options with you not wanting to live in the south, midwest or the west coast. If you're trying to live in the Northeast, it does get humid and hot in the summer and it is just as liberal as the west. But there would be many opportunities there with your wife being an educated professional. I do suggest for you to give the west coast a chance however. Yes, states like California are liberal but the pay scale and the job opportunities and the many families that look like yours are endless and greater than your other options. Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, & Washington offer similar opportunities (with less diverse demographics) and those are some options I would look into and consider as well.
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I'm white, wife is black. We have a son. I see all kinds of info on interest in interracial dating, but I'm not dating, so it is not to helpful. It also doesn't neccesarily give any indication of how the populace might feel about interracial families. Dating outside of your race is a little different than marrying and having kids.
South and most of midwest gets to hot. I have no desire to go back near where I was raised in Florida and I don't think we would care for the extremely in your face liberal economic and social policies of the west coast, not to mention the ridiculous cost of living.
We are currently living near Des Moines, IA. We came for work, but in at most 5 years we are leaving and will be looking for a different type of city.
Where should I be looking?
My wife is a highly educated prodessional and I would like to give her and my son the best and most comfortable environment to thrive.
Thanks
If you are willing to give CA a try, I would say Sacramento. It's more moderate there politically than Coastal California but I see plenty of IR dating/marriage there. Plus, the Cost of Living in Sacramento isn't insane like in the Bay Area or LA.
Other than that, you eliminated most of your options. Your only good bet outside of CA would probably be Houston Texas (very diverse metro area like the Bay Area) but not liberal or super conservative like the Deep South.
Denver, Minneapolis. You should also look on the northern periphery of the south if you can Virginia, Carolina and Tennessee Metros. Oklahoma City or Dallas. And I agree military towns as well always a good bet. In fact check into Virginia Beach/Norfolk heavily military and fairly moderate temperature wise.
Communities with a military presence may actually work as well.
Basically, this is the answer.
As long as you live relatively close to an Army base (especially the Army), you'll have options.
I was married to a soldier once and moved around in areas that don't get talked about a lot (Pensacola, Dayton, Burlington VT) and never had a problem.
When I say a different type of city than Des Moines I just mean something with a more developed infrastructure, a more worldly populace, and more goods and services. There is nothing wrong with Des Moines. I personally think its head and shoulders above Omaha and maybe even better than KC.
I'm not eliminating all of the Midwest to who said that. Just the extremely hot parts like Oklahoma. My wife has family there and the weather can be rough. They have had issues with racism in Tulsa and OKC too.
I love Minneapolis, but I know my wife and I'm not sure she would be down with those winters. It's definitely high on the list though.
I think my wife would also like a decent sized jamaican or Caribbean community too. She was born in Jamaica and raised in MIA. I know she really misses the food and markets.
West coast is farther away from everyone too. Family in FL, NYC, NO, NC, DC, OK.
What about DC or Charlotte? Somewhere in that South/mid Atlantic region?
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