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In the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area - Prince George's County, Maryland is 65% black, whereas adjacent Calvert County, Maryland is 80% white. However, Prince George's County has higher average property values than Calvert County. Moreover, the median income in Prince George's County increased as the African American population and percentage increased.
I should mention that Prince George's County is the wealthiest majority black county in the United States. Just pointing out a big exception to the OP. The DC area has a significant population of affluent blacks, even though the most affluent areas tend to be more white and asian.
Last edited by BigCityDreamer; 03-09-2013 at 06:16 PM..
In the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area - Prince George's County, Maryland is 65% black, whereas adjacent Calvert County, Maryland is 80% white. However, Prince George's County has higher average property values than Calvert County. Moreover, the median income in Prince George's County increased as the African American population and percentage increased.
I should mention that Prince George's County is the wealthiest majority black county in the United States. Just pointing out a big exception to the OP. The DC area has a significant population of affluent blacks.
And yet if one looks at the principal cities:
Glenarden: 90%+ black, pretty poor
Bowier: 40% black, pretty well to do
College Park: 14% black, not well to do
District Heights: 90% black, not well to do
So on.
Some of those 90% black cities/towns they obviously have the resources to live in a non nearly exclusively black neighborhood if they wanted to. Same with College Park or one of the other white areas.
And Calvery County is in the middle of nowhere which probably has more to do with it having low property values than anything else.
Sad, but true. Also, none of the metros mentioned are mostly Black.
The city propers are:
Dayton - 42.9% African-American
Memphis - 62.6%
Atlanta - 54.0%
Jacksonville - 30.7% (actually not sure why this one was included)
Rochester - 41.7%
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Nope. Even majority Black upper-income neighborhoods with low crime rates have lower valuations than majority White neighborhoods with similar income levels.
You have to look at the city as a whole to see why this is. Are there affluent neighborhoods in cities that have seen population decline and rising crime like Cleveland and Detroit? Yes. Are the property values in those neighborhoods as high as they would be if the economy was still booming and the city still had money to spend on schools and infrastructure? Absolutely not.
You have to look at the city as a whole to see why this is. Are there affluent neighborhoods in cities that have seen population decline and rising crime like Cleveland and Detroit? Yes. Are the property values in those neighborhoods as high as they would be if the economy was still booming and the city still had money to spend on schools and infrastructure? Absolutely not.
I had affluent Black neighborhoods in metros like Atlanta (in Dekalb County) and DC (Prince Georges County) in mind when I stated that. They are undervalued and underserved in comparison to predominantly White neighborhoods of similar income levels in their respective metro areas.
Dayton - 42.9% African-American
Memphis - 62.6%
Atlanta - 54.0%
Jacksonville - 30.7% (actually not sure why this one was included)
Rochester - 41.7%
You have to look at the city as a whole to see why this is. Are there affluent neighborhoods in cities that have seen population decline and rising crime like Cleveland and Detroit? Yes. Are the property values in those neighborhoods as high as they would be if the economy was still booming and the city still had money to spend on schools and infrastructure? Absolutely not.
I know about the city percentages, but none of those metro areas are mostly Black. I believe that the Albany GA metro is close or is slightly over 50% Black in terms of the metro area. Memphis is around 45% Black in terms of its metro.
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I've been reading that Hispanics have replaced most AAs in Compton, and actively run out any AA newcomers.
Yes this is true, I've been here my whole life though and remember when it was mostly black. Even today in that area I see a much higher percent of blacks than most anywhere else down here.
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