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I'm interested in moving south for the weather, friendly people and different lifestyle and creative opportunities. I was born and raised in the south but when I was a teen I moved to MA with my family. I currently live in MA. I'm a 26-year-old female and I work fulltime at a university but my passion is the arts. I love making films, writing and I love music. I love black culture and being around black people (as well as whites though). I just love diversity, friendly, extroverted people, and a buzzing town and nightlife. I'm single and so one day I want to get married, and thats why I am unsure about moving to Atlanta because I've heard some horrible things about the dating life there, and if I'm going to live somewhere I want the culture to match my long-term goals. I think it's important to say (at the risk of being non-PC), I am a heterosexual woman and I've heard nightmare stories from black women trying to date in the ATL. Im sure its an amazing vacation spot and I cannot wait to visit in 2017. Other than the snakes, spiders and dating life, it sounds perfect for me. I just wish the dating part matched. Finding love eventually is very important to me.
I'm really considering picking up and moving to the south in a couple years (whether it be Texas or Atlanta). I'm not interested in living in LA. I'm scared to be away from my family and the familiar, but I dont feel like I belong up here in MA. I'm not happy with the culture, most of the people here, or my surroundings. I also feel like I reached a ceiling as far my creative potential goes and I know there are tons of opportunities in ATL. I feel stuck.
Has anyone ever picked up and moved to this city when they didn't know anyone? How is it living in Georgia as a black person? Is it a good town for single black people (particularly black women)? If youre a black woman, have you found love in ATL? I just have so many questions and I'm ready to try something new. If you could give me your honest unbiased opinion based on your personal experience, it would be much appreciated.
ATL is a good city according to stats they say black women or women in general out number men in atlanta but to my opinion i dont know if its true.But texas is good to(i was born in houston)so you might find love easier in houston at the same time i found love in atlanta(met my soon to be beautiful wife).Both places are good atlanta an texas!
I'm interested in moving south for the weather, friendly people and different lifestyle and creative opportunities. I was born and raised in the south but when I was a teen I moved to MA with my family. I currently live in MA. I'm a 26-year-old female and I work fulltime at a university but my passion is the arts. I love making films, writing and I love music. I love black culture and being around black people (as well as whites though). I just love diversity, friendly, extroverted people, and a buzzing town and nightlife. I'm single and so one day I want to get married, and thats why I am unsure about moving to Atlanta because I've heard some horrible things about the dating life there, and if I'm going to live somewhere I want the culture to match my long-term goals. I think it's important to say (at the risk of being non-PC), I am a heterosexual woman and I've heard nightmare stories from black women trying to date in the ATL. Im sure its an amazing vacation spot and I cannot wait to visit in 2017. Other than the snakes, spiders and dating life, it sounds perfect for me. I just wish the dating part matched. Finding love eventually is very important to me.
I'm really considering picking up and moving to the south in a couple years (whether it be Texas or Atlanta). I'm not interested in living in LA. I'm scared to be away from my family and the familiar, but I dont feel like I belong up here in MA. I'm not happy with the culture, most of the people here, or my surroundings. I also feel like I reached a ceiling as far my creative potential goes and I know there are tons of opportunities in ATL. I feel stuck.
Has anyone ever picked up and moved to this city when they didn't know anyone? How is it living in Georgia as a black person? Is it a good town for single black people (particularly black women)? If youre a black woman, have you found love in ATL? I just have so many questions and I'm ready to try something new. If you could give me your honest unbiased opinion based on your personal experience, it would be much appreciated.
It seems like Atlanta could be a really good place for you to relocate to.
The television and film production industry has exploded in the state of Georgia in recent years reportedly making the state the third-largest center of television and film production on the entire planet behind just international TV/Film production leaders California and New York.
Many numerous television and film projects, large and small, are produced in the Atlanta area and the state of Georgia and there are a growing number of TV/Film production studios to reflect the area's rising status as one of the world's leading centers of TV and Film production.
Dating and finding love is obviously a more complicated matter. Though I will say that a young lady like yourself might be able to improve your chances of finding love (and making valuable social connections) if you don't just concentrate on the nightclub/singles club/nightlife circuit and make an effort to meet more people by casting a wider net through more nuanced social and community engagement....More nuanced social and community engagement like being active in the community with social, professional, community and volunteering organizations.
Like other posters have recommended on past occasions on these types of relocation threads, a good place to start looking to make those types of valuable social and community connections is in the Atlanta section of Meetup.com where you can find meet-up and social/networking groups for many different genres from club/bar-hopping to seemingly more mundane social events, community outings and even politics.
I also recommend that you start making those valuable social connections where you currently live in Massachusetts before you move to Georgia.
Another really good way to meet people and make valuable social/community networking connections is through the local alumni chapter of the college/university that you attended, graduated from and/or the local fan club of the college/university that you might follow or favor. You can make contact and become active with that organization both where you currently live in Massachusetts and after you relocate south to the Atlanta area.
Becoming active with the local alumni chapter/fan club of your favorite colleges/universities is an excellent way to meet people who have knowledge of the community in ways that you might not.
I wish you the best for you future endeavors wherever you may decide to pursue them.
I think people are overstating the black female to black male ratio in Atlanta like it's the only place this phenomena is happening.
Overall in terms of population numbers there are 2 million less black men than black women in the continental U.S.A. & its territories, anyways.
Atlanta may have more of a higher percentage of black women than black men to be sure. But in general there are less black men than black women.
That's just the reality.
So I would say to anyone moving down here, you might as well get past that issue. If there is a great opportunity to move up the economic ladder here in Atlanta or wherever, just go for yours.
ATL is a good city according to stats they say black women or women in general out number men in atlanta but to my opinion i dont know if its true.But texas is good to(i was born in houston)so you might find love easier in houston at the same time i found love in atlanta(met my soon to be beautiful wife).Both places are good atlanta an texas!
Get that wack azz city out of here. Atlanta has more stuff to do than Dallas and Houston combined
I'm interested in moving south for the weather, friendly people and different lifestyle and creative opportunities. I was born and raised in the south but when I was a teen I moved to MA with my family. I currently live in MA. I'm a 26-year-old female and I work fulltime at a university but my passion is the arts. I love making films, writing and I love music. I love black culture and being around black people (as well as whites though). I just love diversity, friendly, extroverted people, and a buzzing town and nightlife. I'm single and so one day I want to get married, and thats why I am unsure about moving to Atlanta because I've heard some horrible things about the dating life there, and if I'm going to live somewhere I want the culture to match my long-term goals. I think it's important to say (at the risk of being non-PC), I am a heterosexual woman and I've heard nightmare stories from black women trying to date in the ATL. Im sure its an amazing vacation spot and I cannot wait to visit in 2017. Other than the snakes, spiders and dating life, it sounds perfect for me. I just wish the dating part matched. Finding love eventually is very important to me.
I'm really considering picking up and moving to the south in a couple years (whether it be Texas or Atlanta). I'm not interested in living in LA. I'm scared to be away from my family and the familiar, but I dont feel like I belong up here in MA. I'm not happy with the culture, most of the people here, or my surroundings. I also feel like I reached a ceiling as far my creative potential goes and I know there are tons of opportunities in ATL. I feel stuck.
Has anyone ever picked up and moved to this city when they didn't know anyone? How is it living in Georgia as a black person? Is it a good town for single black people (particularly black women)? If youre a black woman, have you found love in ATL? I just have so many questions and I'm ready to try something new. If you could give me your honest unbiased opinion based on your personal experience, it would be much appreciated.
You good. The male/female ratio is no different than any other city. Dating is no different here IMO. If you suck at dating where you are now it will probably be the same here. If you go out on dates often where you are now it will be the same here. I'm talking about moving from one city to another city. I'm not talking about people living in North Dakota then move to Atlanta. The ratio is basically even. I think its 51% women and 49% men. Once you take away the gays/lesbians, strippers, women selling sex online, the crazy people, etc it all balances out. Unless you are extremely unattractive you will have no problems. Hell I know of plenty of "unattractive" people who are married.
The only cities that have more men are generally on the east coast (San Fran/Seattle). I know of woman who have got engaged after 4 months of living here. She moved from Pittsburgh and on her second day here she was at Walmart and this guy hollered at her. She didn't want to initially because in her words "I just got here and haven't even finished packing" but she gave him her number anyways and 4 months later he proposed to her. If you want to date or get married do the following things....
- Go to events such has networking events, happy hours, etc, etc
- Join Meetup.com and go to those events. (Do a search for "ALL EVENTS" within a 30 mile radius of Atlanta)
- Dont sit at home because your girls can't go out with you
- Smile, look approachable
- Say hello and smile to a guy you might be interested in.
- Dont go out with your girls and only sit with your girls the entire night. If a guy is talking with you and your hater girlfriend pulls you away from him curse her out and go back and talk with him
- Join a singles group at your church
- Check out this site for nighttime events/etc. Atlanta Event Listing Concerts Festivals Clubs Entertainment – There is always something to do in the ATL
- Volunteer
- Join a professional networking group like the Urban League, Black MBA, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc
- If you see a guy you like go up to him and say "Excuse me, where is the blah blah blah. I just moved here. Just play dumb like you don't know where a certain places/etc is and he should get the hint and ask you for your number
If you do the following things you should have at least 10 guys calling you within the first 2 weeks. Thing is you gotta get outside your house. Sitting home all the time, only sitting at a table all night with your girls, not giving guys a chance, etc will decrease your chances of not finding someone. IMO Atlanta is the best place to date especially if you are a woman if you get out the house and go to events. Dudes are going to holla. You dont even have to be model. Dudes are going to holla.
BTW don't move to TX. Dallas and Houston are wack if you are young. The only people that hype it up are people that havent lived in Atlanta.
Atlanta has better nightlife. Our nightlife stays open later. TX clubs close at 2am ours close at 3am or later depending on where you go. Our nightlife has way more options once you figure out where to go
More festivals
More concerts. We have more concerts and we have the surprise guest element since so many artist live here
More black people. We have more upper class, middle upper class, middle class, the jill scott tea drinking blacks, the black nerds, the black hippies, etc, etc.
Less taxes - TX doesnt have state taxes but they get there money from having more toll roads and higher city and property taxes
No toll roads - none (some idiot will say a hot lane is a toll road but it isnt)
Less natural disaster threats - We mostly only have to worry about trees falling down for the most part. Houston you have hurricane and hail threats. Dallas has more tornadoes and hail
Damn you people really skating around what she really asking. Yes Atlanta has the largest gay black male population in the United States. However there is a huge heterosexuality population of color here as well and you should have no problem dating the guy of your dreams. I would also be open minded about the race, but I respect your preference.
Damn you people really skating around what she really asking. Yes Atlanta has the largest gay black male population in the United States. However there is a huge heterosexuality population of color here as well and you should have no problem dating the guy of your dreams. I would also be open minded about the race but I respect your preference.
Largest gay black male population is canceled out by the largest black lesbian and stripper population, the escort population,etc. Its balances out. The gays date gays, the lesbians date lesbians, straight folks date straight folks. As long as she hangs around the young professional crowd she has nothing to worry about. Young professional crowd hangs around other young professionals just like white senior citizens dont hang around teens or transexuals dont hang around preachers (generally speaking). I dont know about the other groups but the young professional crowd events are pretty much balanced out
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