living in spokane (employment, move to, campus) - Washington (WA) - City-Data Forum

shawnj1215 · 10-15-2016, 11:14 AM

I am in my early thirties and I am currently working on my second masters. This masters is in Nursing, and the first one is in chemistry. I am from the northeast NJ. I am going to be honest about so bare with me, I am set on leaving the east coast because of the hardships that I have had. There is a lot of prejudice on the east coast and that has to date affected me when it comes to employment and to some extent women.

This second masters hopefully will allow me to vacate my current state of NJ to dare I say greener pastures. I have for a brief moment lived in Albuquerque NM, which I loved. While the scenery left much to be desired the people I feel were absolutely awesome. I value people and culture more so than the environment. I want to be somewhere were I can be "free".

I do want to work in the medical field and I want to date and do the normal things. I need to be around women and lots of them to increase my chances. I have been reading about states like Oregon and Washington. I think they might be a great fit. I do like white women. I am not sure about the prevalence of interracial dating but I definitely hear that in Portland it happens.

Any information regarding this would be great. If the greater portland area is better please let me know. I don't necessarily need to be in the city per se, but it also can't be a sausage fest. Oh yea, I'm a black male and that should be taken into account. Some black males have ruined it for other black males in the country. Were not all the same and I want a place that will treat me for my actions only and not others.

I refuse to move to California, its tantamount to NJ

rumi79 · 10-15-2016, 08:45 PM

Not sure about dating and all because I have been happily married in the last 12 years

BUT if you want diversity you won't find it in the NorthWest. I am teaching and I am surrounded by a lot of diverse interesting people (students and faculty), but that's just the campus. Otherwise, the population around Spokane is pretty racially homogeneous which took me some time to get used to (I came from Southern Jersey). Nevertheless, all people I have met and talked to are warm, nice and great to be around. We love it here and it was a good move for us, I hope you find your place, too.

tickyul · 10-16-2016, 06:07 PM

UHHH, if you are looking for decent-looking women who are of a normal-weight...........well, good luck with that in Spokane, very slim pickins.

Now if you are fine with Golden-Corral'ish type women, who will probably be in a fatcart by their mid 30s, you are good to go!!!!!

shawnj1215 · 10-16-2016, 08:35 PM

no michellin men for thanks

Lothar34 · 10-30-2016, 02:49 PM

Go for it. Though I haven't been to Spokane yet, I can tell you interracial dating is prevalent here in Nashville- and I'm talking 10s... not just fatties. So if it's ok in the country music capital, I'm sure it's fine in Spokane too, plus from what I've read of demographics, there aren't many black folks so you will be a rare catch.

shawnj1215 · 10-31-2016, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Lothar34

Go for it. Though I haven't been to Spokane yet, I can tell you interracial dating is prevalent here in Nashville- and I'm talking 10s... not just fatties. So if it's ok in the country music capital, I'm sure it's fine in Spokane too, plus from what I've read of demographics, there aren't many black folks so you will be a rare catch.

haha ...no thx. made up my mind already anyways