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Old 05-18-2011, 11:11 PM
 
Location: America
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Originally Posted by kirkwoodhipster View Post

Welcome to reality:
1.) NYC
2.) LA
3.) Chicago
4.) Atlanta
And this list is based on....??

Are you expecting to be taken seriously or are you just trolling?
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Old 05-18-2011, 11:12 PM
 
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And this list is based on....??

Are you expecting to be taken seriously or are you just trolling?
The list is based on opinion, MY opinion.

OK then, what do YOU think the most international cities in the U.S. are, and where would Atlanta rank??
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Old 05-18-2011, 11:18 PM
 
Location: America
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The list is based on opinion, MY opinion.

OK then, what do YOU think the most international cities in the U.S. are, and where would Atlanta rank??
Most would agree that New York and Los Angeles are in the top tier. San Francisco, Chicago, DC, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Boston, and Miami are generally debated for placing 3rd, 4th, 5th, and so on. The point is, Atlanta in no way outshines any of those other cities by far.

Atleast you realize that it's just your opinion. Other folks try to pass things off as fact.

But I still don't understand why you guys can't realize that Atlanta can be a black mecca and an extremely diverse international city at the same time.
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Old 05-18-2011, 11:40 PM
 
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But I still don't understand why you guys can't realize that Atlanta can be a black mecca and an extremely diverse international city at the same time.


This.


And this is what makes Atlanta a very unique and original global/world/international city...






...along with our trees/tree canopy/urban forest.
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Old 05-19-2011, 12:02 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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Detroit.


Well, sorry, guys, but this is a ridiculous and racist topic. How about Newark? Don't we have enough class-ism and vitriol already in this life?
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Old 05-19-2011, 05:58 AM
 
Location: metro ATL
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Actually DeKalb's status as a majority black county and a center of black wealth is fairly recent. In 1980 DeKalb was 71% white and 23% black. The big demographic shift didn't take place until the following decade. By 1990 DeKalb had become 42% white and 54% black -- a pretty dramatic shift.
By "recent," I meant within the last decade. From the stats you posted, it looks like Dekalb has been majority Black for about 25 years now.
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Old 05-19-2011, 06:03 AM
 
Location: metro ATL
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But I still don't understand why you guys can't realize that Atlanta can be a black mecca and an extremely diverse international city at the same time.
Bingo.

I'm of the persuasion that there are really no new meccas being minted for minorities since meccas arose when only a select few cities were deemed as places where minority groups could prosper and thrive, but it's obvious that the Atlanta area is becoming ever more welcoming to all sorts of ethnic groups as time goes by. A city doesn't have to be a mecca for a particular group in order for members of that group to find it welcoming and vibrant.
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Old 05-19-2011, 06:41 AM
 
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How many of you are lifetime residents and how many (like me) are new arrivals or aspirant Atlanta residents?
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Old 05-19-2011, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Austin, Texas
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But I still don't understand why you guys can't realize that Atlanta can be a black mecca and an extremely diverse international city at the same time.
Exactly. Which brings us to the real reason people are getting upset in this thread. Things that are "black" are automatically deemed inferior and illegitimate. Nobody would be worried about a cities reputation as an "international" city if it was majority white. LA will be (if it isn't already) majority Hispanic one day and nobody is worried about its "international" status. But when a city has a strong black history and when blacks make up a substantial percentage of the population it all of a sudden "scares" others off and "excludes" others. Nobody ever worries about how much Portland and Seattle "exclude" others with their 75 and 69 percent white populations. Why is it a problem with Atlanta?
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Old 05-19-2011, 08:30 AM
 
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...Which brings us to the real reason people are getting upset in this thread. Things that are "black" are automatically deemed inferior and illegitimate. Nobody would be worried about a cities reputation as an "international" city if it was majority white. LA will be (if it isn't already) majority Hispanic one day and nobody is worried about its "international" status. But when a city has a strong black history and when blacks make up a substantial percentage of the population it all of a sudden "scares" others off and "excludes" others. Nobody ever worries about how much Portland and Seattle "exclude" others with their 75 and 69 percent white populations. Why is it a problem with Atlanta?

Spot on.
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