Black Population In Seattle (Tacoma, Lakewood: gated, living, prices)

[pirate_lafitte]

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.

Thank You!! Something like that needed to be said.

[Kyusa]

WOW!!!! nice pictures..thank you

[5chevin5]

"Black Enterprise ignores the cities with low percentages of black residence. Year after year their picks are the same, just rearranged" from pwright.

Can it be said that a magazine (any magazine) would want to keep, focus and recommend their reader demographic moving to certain cities where they have a built in consumer base, distribution and success? Where their advertising income is most focused from and supports their business of selling magazines and their advertisers businesses? So usually these "move to" lists are based upon where a magazine would like to maintain its readers.. Nothing wrong with that, but it can be a little biased for economic gain?....

Much in the same fashion that you wont see many bobsledding magazines in Phoenix because of low interest and low readership. And Bobsledding Monthly would not recommend Arizona as a top destination for its current readers in the frozen tundra or people in the bobsledd building profession. This may be off base....merely assumptions of capitialism.

What is the Business 101 rule..Location, Location, Location... This would also apply to who buys your products?

Im sure people much smarter then I will chime in...just a curious thought, not throwing stones at glass houses or magazine execs....

BTW pwright, keep those pics coming..rain or shine!! Dont listen to the haters!

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[pwright1]

[5chevin5]

Looks good to me!!!

Food, Dancing, Ferry ride, kicking back on a blanket!!!
Try that in Tokyo.

Thanks Pwright....I think that skyline shot at twilight will be my next screensaver.

[Agility]

There has been a sizable black poulation in seattle since WW2. I have some black middle class friends but I think that is far from the majority in the area. There is a pretty big/growing African population in Burien/Tukwila, however that is not really a middle class area.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by Oldtex29

Seattle is the least black of any major American city.

Actually, that title goes to Salt Lake City,UT.

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Originally Posted by scirocco22

On more than one occasion when I tell black friends from out of town that Seattle had a two-term black mayor, they always respond by saying "no way!"

Yes way! ...serving honorably for eight years.

Norman B. Rice.

[Bamboozee]

Hi there!

I am planning to move to Seattle in the next six months. I am looking for employment. I am black and am happy to know that there are some of us there. Quite a decent number of us as a matter of fact. I now live in Atlanta and it is getting so crowded here and a lot of crime as well. I am so ready to go. I am planning to attend Bastyr University in the fall of 2008. You mentioned that your father works for UW...I have a lot of experience in the University sector. If posisble, would you ask your father how I can get job ready at the university he works at or other places. I would also like to know the nice places to live, relatively new developments is desirable.

Thanks so much,

Nanci

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by Bamboozee

Hi there!

I am planning to move to Seattle in the next six months. I am looking for employment. I am black and am happy to know that there are some of us there. Quite a decent number of us as a matter of fact. I now live in Atlanta and it is getting so crowded here and a lot of crime as well. I am so ready to go. I am planning to attend Bastyr University in the fall of 2008. You mentioned that your father works for UW...I have a lot of experience in the University sector. If posisble, would you ask your father how I can get job ready at the university he works at or other places. I would also like to know the nice places to live, relatively new developments is desirable.

Thanks so much,

Nanci

I am happy for you. I want to go to Seattle myself. I used to live there and I miss it.