Twin cities has the largest black- white unemployment gap (Minnetonka: subdivisions, live in)

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Min-Chi-Cbus

People from Gary, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, etc. STILL come to the Twin Cities in droves......it's one of the few places in the Midwest that is thriving AND relatively close to family/friends. Not everybody wants to move to far away places in the South, and those that prefer Northern living but don't like where they live move to places like Minneapolis, Kansas City, Indy, and Columbus.

True. I'm Black, I live in the South(metro Atlanta) and I want to move to a cooler, perhaps a cold climate, or even a climate that isn't hot and humid much of the year. I've met some nice people in the South. I've met some bad people in the South. However, at this point it just isn't for me. This has been my short list of places I want to move to when I graduate from college in 20 days: Seattle, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Denver, San Diego,Portland(Oregon). Initially, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Denver made the top list for me because they were voted among the friendliest cities for interracial couples. I was 16, being subjected to racial harassment in the exurbs of Atlanta(I differentiate between suburb and exurb), and to me, Minnesota, Washington, and Colorado seemed much more liberal in that aspect, none of that "Old South" culture. Nowadays, I realize there will still be prejudice wherever I go. However, the aforementioned places still hold a place because of other aspects, such as quality of life(Mpls and Seattle are bicycle friendly, Denver has a myriad of outdoor activities and it's progressing in terms of its mass transit.). I can think of many reasons a Black professional like my father should move to Minnesota. My father was the person who turned me on to Minnesota. He says attitudes in Minnesota differ from attitudes in many southern states. Different things for everyone. I've been trying to make it to St. Paul's Winter Carnival for a few years, missed each chance. Now that I'm graduating in 20 days, if I can get a job, I can save up.

[Joe3rdwash]

I believe Brooklyn Park holds a sizable middle-class African American community

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Joe3rdwash

I believe Brooklyn Park holds a sizable middle-class African American community

Kirby Puckett used to live in St. Louis Park. I wonder what that place is like.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

Kirby Puckett used to live in St. Louis Park. I wonder what that place is like.

It's an older suburb, but it's fairly nice.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

It's an older suburb, but it's fairly nice.

Kind of what Decatur and Sandy Springs are to Atlanta?

[Beenhere4ever]

I'd love it if the organized and ambitious people came. Trouble is when the people who can't function in those places migrate here and can't function here, either. With the guaranteed right of free travel, people can easily roam around the country looking for other people who can solve their problems for them. And no one really monitors this, so we'll never know what negative trends are nothing but this sort of thing.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

Kind of what Decatur and Sandy Springs are to Atlanta?

I'm not that familiar with Decatur or Sandy Springs. I'm over on the west side of Atlanta.

Try looking around in Google Maps street view.

[WannaBeinBoston]

St. Louis Park is nothing at all like Decatur. While I'm not familiar with the burbs in Atlanta, I would say SLP is maybe like the Garden Hills area of north Atlanta. Decatur is hip, walkable and considered probably more like Uptown w/o the nicer homes anchored by the Lakes.

[WannaBeinBoston]

Mariner, both rcsteiner and I moved to Atlanta from the Twin Cities. Rcsteiner seems to have lived there a lot longer and is native to the area so he has good perspective. I moved there as a transplants many many years ago so I have a transplants perspective. If you're looking at MSP, you'll find a job. In your 20s, live in the Uptown area. It's a lot like VA/Hi and Midtown Atlanta, maybe even Little Five Points. Anywhere else, you'll be bored.

[pete6032]

Originally Posted by trip_shakespeare

Mason3000, do you have actual proof - not anecdotal evidence - that many black people moved to Minnesota, in the '80s, to take advantage of what you term a generous welfare system? If so, please present it.

...Waiting, but not holding my breath.

No, he doesn't. He's just talking out of his ass.

I also asked for proof of this in one of the first posts in this thread and no one responded.