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Old 05-30-2013, 06:22 PM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:49 PM
 
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Just look at the criteria that he used:
"No state taxes, good strip clubs, be able to take a nap before you go out and kick it, great soul food, lots of black people, good urban situations, thriving hard working individuals, blue collar town, good sport towns"

Only thing I liked is that he put emphasis on "Blue collar town"
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Old 05-31-2013, 12:00 AM
 
Location: Houston
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soul food? Hardly

Look at the NBA cities, outside of New York, LA, Miami, Atlanta and Dallas...there's no comparison to the rest
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Old 05-31-2013, 01:24 AM
 
Location: Houston(Screwston),TX
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soul food? Hardly

Look at the NBA cities, outside of New York, LA, Miami, Atlanta and Dallas...there's no comparison to the rest
Theres no comparison as to what?? I don't even get what your saying

As far as Jalen Rose, lol this was cringe worthy at times and sure to cause some controversy. I get what he was saying as a black male but some of the comments came off to stereotypical. But also he was speaking from a black NBA players perspective as well. And Houston is one of the top cities for black ppl period.
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Old 05-31-2013, 07:07 AM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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I agree with Red.

Top five cities for black people whether they are NBA players or not are DC, NY, ATL, Houston and Miami. If there were extra spots that would go to Chicago, Philly and DFW.
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Old 05-31-2013, 07:25 AM
 
Location: 77441
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I agree w/Red also.

but...

substitute black with white, latin, indian, Asian...
what the BB player said was true for all ethnic...

Houston is a world class city.
its ALL good here
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Old 05-31-2013, 07:50 AM
 
Location: Miami, FL
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I'm with Jalen Rose, he was one of my favorite NBA players when he was playing.
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Old 05-31-2013, 08:08 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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If a white guy said something like that he'd get fired.

Kind of sad if you include strip clubs as a priority in a quality of life assessment.
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Old 05-31-2013, 08:27 AM
 
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Old 05-31-2013, 09:38 AM
 
Location: 77441
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If a white guy said something like that he'd get fired.

Kind of awesome if you include strip clubs as a priority in a quality of life assessment.

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