Black Population In Seattle (Lynnwood, Puyallup: rent, middle school, live in)

[SeattlitefromNC]

Originally Posted by RonMaverick804

i am black and i have to ask why would you want to stay contained in a "black community" or in the southern parts? if it is due to money reasons i could understand but only hanging around people that are the same skin tone as you are does not seem like an educated idea to me. you'd want to be mixed with the white and the asians, if you could. it sounds like a lot of posters just want to move in "black communities" i just never understood the logic in that but anyways i hope to see seattle for the location and sights, meeting people and sharing interest will come from that.

Ron,

Have you been down south? It is a very different experience for a lot of Americans of African descent. I have heard the phrase "coming home" used a lot for that experience.

Not only that, but there are networking opportunities within solid middle- and upper-class black communities that do not exist in other types of neighborhoods.

As an aside, when folks of a different ethnicity move to a different town or country, they often tap into the networks that exist within their ethnic circles (I have seen this A LOT in the Indian community) and build themselves up that way. You might be surprised to learn that similar networks exist for black folks, but from what I have seen, they all more or less exist on the east coast and in the south (ATL, NY, DC, Charlotte, etc.).

Some people may see this as a color issue. I see this as a culture issue, and it is not one that only black folks take advantage of ... as many folks of many ethnicities and nationalities do the same or similar.

[keeper of the flame]

It's true that Seattle is as white as white can be. But as a black person and as visitor for 6 months, I felt right at home in Seattle. Overall, I found people to be very friendly and open-minded. It's a progressive town and I never felt the great racial divide that I do when I am, say, down South.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by keeper of the flame

It's true that Seattle is as white as white can be. But as a black person and as visitor for 6 months, I felt right at home in Seattle. Overall, I found people to be very friendly and open-minded. It's a progressive town and I never felt the great racial divide that I do when I am, say, down South.

oh yes! Sounds like Seattle is one of the next great cities.

[swsha4]

True, there is a white majority in Seattle, but I have seen African Americans, as well as members of other ethnic groups, living and working in every area of town and in all economic levels of and situations. And yes, there are some areas where more ethnic groups are concentrated but people do not feel restricted to those areas here. Mainly, Seattle is a very blended city. People are progressive here and celebrate and enjoy each other's unique qualities. The result is a lot of mixed and blended families which gives Seattle a very international flavor.

[ChevydaKidd425]

Originally Posted by pwright1

Get away from certain demographics? dcoolbro you do not know what you're talking about. I don't prefer Denver but I do prefer Vancouver BC, Seattle, San Francisco over anything back east. Again, like I told you before I've done the east coast thing so it was time to move on and experience new places and new people. The northwest is already on the radar for ALL professionals. It's up to black people to take a chance and discover new cities like Seattle. Many I know did and love it. Black Enterprise ignores the cities with low percentages of black residence. Year after year their picks are the same, just rearranged. And dcoolbro don't ever try to accuse me of escaping MY people. I know I'm black. Attended black schools from kindergarden through college and loved it and PROUD to be BLACK. You never did mention where you hail from. And whoever gave you the advice to move to Everett my friend, DO NOT take advice from this person ever again because you started out your new move all wrong.

church,PREACH!
I'm a black (Caribbean x Latino to be exact) Seattlite/Everettonian.
There are indeed alot of african americans here (and SUPER HELLA more africans i.e. ethiopians,eritrians,etc.).
I was born in Brooklyn, moved to Opa-Locka-Miami, but was raised almost my entire life in the North-End of Seattle.Everett is a wierd city.certainly not the suburbs tho.EVT is pretty industrial while Lynnwood area is more commercial. and Seattle is obviously more urban-city like. black people are spread all over the king-snohomish-Pierce county area.thats why we are considered to have no ghettos(even tho i know plenty of areas that have the all the symptoms of a ghetto).yes Seattle may not have as many black people as the south or east, but cmon now, lets not forget that almost EVERY Seattle neighborhood had restrictions and did not allow colored people of any race live there back in the day(and i mean WAYYY back like an 8-track). of coarse there are a large amount of african americans in the south and all over the east coast, THATS WHERE SLAVERY TOOK PLACE! then in CA most black folk moved west to find opporitunity (my cousins joke around that cali got all the n***as because black folk hate the cold..aha they stupid) but please believe we got black folk up here too and plenty of them, ive met brothas & sistas from The Bay/Sacremento,Los Angeles/San Diego,Las Vegas,New Orleans/Baton Rouge/Shreveport,Miami/Tampa/FT. Lauderdale/Jacksonville,Virginia,NY,DC,Chicago,Philly,Atlanta ,Houston/Dallas,
Alabama,St.Louis,Mississippi,and even my african brothas straight from the mother land of Africa. and dont get it twisted because they all seem to love it here, they all have converted from where they live to wearing north faces or helly hansens with vans and got down with the hyphy movement and the all keep telling me how their cousins and uncles and what not are coming to visit (in the summer obviously) and they want to show them how fun it is. Seattle is all about finding the right places to have fun according to what you like to do, just like any other city.and to the person that says no black people know where Seattle is, when i told everybody over in Brooklyn that i live in Seattle, everybody knew where it was, they were curious of course to know what it was like there, but they knew where it was(they do however get confused when i say Washington, they think i mean Washington D.C.)

[ChevydaKidd425]

Originally Posted by mactown_georgia_boy

If This isnt the biggest bull. Most of the blacks in the Northwest are FAR more well off than blacks in the south as far as living conditions...Seattle has less black people..and less poor black people than my city..Macon, GA

and its definetly not rougher and that goes for tons of southern midsized cities around 100,000 population 50% black and higher.

Let alone Atlanta, New Orleans or some places like that. You're talking non sense. In terms of crime, thugs and poverty, she will not see anything in Seattle that she hasnt saw in Alabama 2 or 3x worse. AL contains the 6th most dangerous city in the Nation ...73% black Birmingham

Seattle would be a much nicer place as far as being less likely to run into "THUGS"
lol my whole town is damn near "the ghetto"..down here in Macon GA

you're right...boys up there are ACTING...boys down south really living that life

i wouldnt take it as far to say that.The Seattle area has some rought parts they each have nicknames for their rough parts(Seattle='Tha Town, Lynnwood='Tha Wood, Everett='Tha Jungle)i was raised in the PNW and i have run into some situations that ive never seen anywhere else, and i go back and visit some of the nations worst cities in the summer sometimes(I'm from Opa-Locka, America's most dangerous city in 2005) i have family from East Saint Louis and New Orleans that came up to visit and were simply shook from seeing an suv with over 30+ bullet holes in the side and a guy lying down half a block down in broadway in broad daylight, a very busy district.So i wouldnt say boys up here are playin or acting because ive seen crazier **** here than alot of places, they happen less frequently but when they do happen they are crazier

[ChevydaKidd425]

Originally Posted by Juice13610

Did anyone else notice that the guy in all white is The Game?

damn i didnt even notice that.
i met him at alderwood mall when champs was still in the food court =)

[The A-Team]

Lol thats hilarious i've never heard Lynnwood referred to as "tha wood. I've always found Lynnwood to be a very pleasent town and never felt scared driving around at all parts of the night. Projects and Lynnwood just don't connect in my head ;D. I do love Alderwood mall! On the topic of black population, I always see many more black people in renton and parts of Tukwila than Seattle.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by The A-Team

Lol thats hilarious i've never heard Lynnwood referred to as "tha wood. I've always found Lynnwood to be a very pleasent town and never felt scared driving around at all parts of the night. Projects and Lynnwood just don't connect in my head ;D. I do love Alderwood mall! On the topic of black population, I always see many more black people in renton and parts of Tukwila than Seattle.

Interesting.

[The A-Team]

Alright.