African Americans living in the woodlands, tX (Houston, Spring: neighborhoods, move to)

[AlGreen]

Originally Posted by texas7

I don't consider soul food to be of African origin. I find it to have origins among black residents of the deep south and it became a tasty, highly desirable cuisine.

soul food does indeed have some roots in african cuisine.

[Sampaguita]

So is this thread about African-Americans in The Woodlands or the history of Houston's wards?

[USNomad]

Originally Posted by Sampaguita

So is this thread about African-Americans in The Woodlands or the history of Houston's wards?

I was wondering the same thing.

Like i said before, the woodlands is a nice place to live, but there isn't much a significant amount of African American representation. I saw a few last week at an event at the waterway park, but they don't really socialize too much with other AA's, from what I saw.

I'm going to go out on a limb and open up this for dialogue; not to start up any type of debate or to offend, but just my observations.

What happens with AA's in these types of areas is this: big companies recruit, bring them in to area's like the woodlands from all regions of the world, and though we have the same brown skin, there are still regional/cultural differences within, that keep not all, but a few of us from becoming too personal with each other simply due to those differences. I'm very social, and work as a barber for many different individuals so i always speak, however, I can't say that i'm always received in the same fashion.

In general, wherever an individual chooses to live, is totally up to them because we're all different, and have different requirements for peace of mind, a sense of safety for our children and whatever social outlets desired.

[SouthernBoy205]

I think as The Woodlands grow, more blacks will move there, in my opinion.

[USNomad]

Originally Posted by A&M Bulldawg

I think as The Woodlands grow, more blacks will move there, in my opinion.

Yeah, i believe the current population is at 72,000 people, which is roughly a 30% jump since 2000.

87.63% of people are white, 2.91% are black, 5.31% are asian, 0.35% are native american, and 3.80% claim 'Other'.

8.91% of the people in The Woodlands, TX, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 91.09% are non-hispanic).

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by A&M Bulldawg

I think as The Woodlands grow, more blacks will move there, in my opinion.

Caucasians may also move out from there also.

[SouthernBoy205]

Why do you think that?

[USNomad]

Originally Posted by Texas User

Caucasians may also move out from there also.

you think?

[EasilyAmused]

I think there's more than 8.91% hispanic...if you look at the elementry stats some schools are claiming anywhere between 10-20%. I know when I moved from there Mexicans were moving in quickly to escape the violence in Mexico. I can only imagine there are far more years later.

[USNomad]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

I think there's more than 8.91% hispanic...if you look at the elementry stats some schools are claiming anywhere between 10-20%. I know when I moved from there Mexicans were moving in quickly to escape the violence in Mexico. I can only imagine there are far more years later.

Probably so, these stats were posted on Sperlings. I'm not sure how often its updated....