Is there still a lot of blacks in LA?

[UB50]

Originally Posted by West of Encino

Maybe it's because of the fading economy. Do you think white flight will occur again?

I think any population loss now is due to the poor economy.

Why did white flight happen in the first place? I think anyone fleeing because the area has become more diverse is probably already gone.

[West of Encino]

Originally Posted by UB50

I think any population loss now is due to the poor economy.

Why did white flight happen in the first place? I think anyone fleeing because the area has become more diverse is probably already gone.

What I'd like to know is if the city's economy is bad, why is the population increasing. In the 2000 Census, it was around 3.6 million, then in 2006 it was 3.8 million, now it's 4 million.

[txstate]

A lot of people are coming to Houston and Dallas for better opps. Low cost of living, 30% AA population that is apart of the workforce of both of these cities. I know Ive noticed it because a lot of folks who moved to LA is the 70's are coming back to Texas and Atlanta.

[King0fthehill]

The ones who moved in the 50s/60s (such as my grandparents) are retiring to greener pastures in their rural, native South, especially Louisiana & Texas (9/10 LA Blacks are from these places, and are often of Creole backgrounds). Those places or they cash out of 'da hood and get a beach house on the Gulf Coast or in Miami/Florida somewhere.

Those in their 30s and 40s are going to the suburbs (Antelope Valley, Inland Empire, High Desert), Las Vegas and Arizona. Many of the younger ones go Atlanta or big-city Texas, too.

[blksophisticado]

Blacks are discriminated against in the private sector work force of l.a. They are largely not bilingual so yes they are leaving l.a. If l.a. Is a microcrosm for the future face of america blacks are on the verge of extinction.