African Americans, San Diego (Oakland, Chula Vista: low income, renters, condo)

[azexpat]

One more place to check out is Sacramento. It has a very diverse middle-class population.

[blakazdog]

Originally Posted by azexpat

One more place to check out is Sacramento. It has a very diverse middle-class population.

thanx ! but i kinda wanted to stay in soCal area.

Sacto is all the way up north !

I might settle on LA or North Park.

[sdlife619]

LA has many more African Americans living there, although the black population has dramatically dropped over the last 10 years. SD is cool in all, you just have to search the neighborhoods, not being black enough just wont cut in San Diego or any California city. La Mesa near University Ave, kinda by 70th st. is pretty chill, not sure about the amount of blacks living in the area though, you also could check out Rolando. I have homie that lives close to College Ave. It's looks kinda ghetto in certain spots, but there isn't much crime or anything generally bad going on in Rolando. A lot of nice older homes around in the area. I think you would like Rolando, I take back my suggestion of El Cajon don't go there, too many backward Rednecks and people driving big lifted trucks for no apparent reason.

[blakazdog]

Originally Posted by Axeslinger754

What's with the term "African American"? Does that apply to all black people in America? What if someone came from Haiti? I think that is the most over-used term that really doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

You know African-American is a term for folks of African ancestry living in America.

[blakazdog]

Originally Posted by sdlife619

LA has many more African Americans living there, although the black population has dramatically dropped over the last 10 years. SD is cool in all, you just have to search the neighborhoods, not being black enough just wont cut in San Diego or any California city. La Mesa near University Ave, kinda by 70th st. is pretty chill, not sure about the amount of blacks living in the area though, you also could check out Rolando. I have homie that lives close to College Ave. It's looks kinda ghetto in certain spots, but there isn't much crime or anything generally bad going on in Rolando. A lot of nice older homes around in the area. I think you would like Rolando, I take back my suggestion of El Cajon don't go there, too many backward Rednecks and people driving big lifted trucks for no apparent reason.

thanx !

I'll have to cruise by Rolando and check it out.

Is it a suburb ?

I think I'll stay out of ElCajon because its a red-neck town !

I'm lookin for a African-American friendly town !

[Sassberto]

Originally Posted by blakazdog

thanx !

I'll have to cruise by Rolando and check it out.

Is it a suburb ?

I live there. Rolando is an old suburb that is now an inner-city neighborhood on the east side of San Diego near SDSU. It is a mix of white, black, asian, latino, college kids. It is a very mixed area, but most of the black people live in apartments and most of the homeowners are white. We have one neighbor who is mixed-race black / white and another black family lives around the corner. It is becoming very popular with older gay couples (white).

In the commercial areas of the east side you will see a lot more blacks, but they are tend to live in the areas just west (City Heights) or just south (College Grove / Lemon Grove). Rolando is a good area for a middle-class black person who doesn't want to live in the hood or an all-white area. Just avoid living too close to any of the main streets, there is a lot of petty crime. And unfortunately.. most of the blacks in the area tend to be of the 'hood type.

Some pics of the 'hood
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rolandovillage/

[blakazdog]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

I live there. Rolando is an old suburb that is now an inner-city neighborhood on the east side of San Diego near SDSU. It is a mix of white, black, asian, latino, college kids. It is a very mixed area, but most of the black people live in apartments and most of the homeowners are white. We have one neighbor who is mixed-race black / white and another black family lives around the corner. It is becoming very popular with older gay couples (white).

In the commercial areas of the east side you will see a lot more blacks, but they are tend to live in the areas just west (City Heights) or just south (College Grove / Lemon Grove). Rolando is a good area for a middle-class black person who doesn't want to live in the hood or an all-white area. Just avoid living too close to any of the main streets, there is a lot of petty crime. And unfortunately.. most of the blacks in the area tend to be of the 'hood type.

sounds like a cool neighborhood.

I guess we want to stay out of an all-White, all-Latino area so we won't be the minority in an area thats hostile.

if there are mellow Latinos & whites who are cool, thats good.

I sure don't want to live in an all-African-American neighborhood thats full of crime, just because its all African-American !

[sdlife619]

Rolando is chill, I like many of the smaller older homes which have a sense of character. You would like it much more than boring ass La Jolla that's for sure

[blakazdog]

Originally Posted by sdlife619

Rolando is chill, I like many of the smaller older homes which have a sense of character. You would like it much more than boring ass La Jolla that's for sure

Rolando sounds cool too !

How bout Lemon Grove, LaMesa or Spring Valley ?

Are they well representated with an African-American population ?

Are they more of a middle-class feel to them ?

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Oerdin

Blacks make up about 3% of San Diego's population and the few black neighborhoods in the city tend to be ghettos. If you can afford La Jolla then you can do much better then the worst neighborhoods in town. My $0.02.

Actually, San Diego is more like 7-8% black