Boston Racial Stigma- is it "cool" to hate on Boston? (Orleans: high schools, versus)

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by NearFantastica

I imagine Atlanta is to black people what Portland is to white people

*Nashville

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

*Nashville

Nashville is not a place of opportunity though. Its just somewhere where people like to go for 3 days to party.

A better comp would be Austin

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Nashville is not a place of opportunity though. Its just somewhere where people like to go for 3 days to party.

A better comp would be Austin

Nashville doesn't have a good economy? Ita a booming fast-growing city with really good metrics...
It grew by 21% in a decade. I find it very hard to belive that its not a place of oppurtunity.

What your saying runs counter to every thing I’ve read in Nashville from Forbes to Money Magsine to everything. From all I’ve read it has a wonderfully diverse economy from tech, automotive, banking, healthcare and publishing.

It’s been named one of the top cities for professional/white collar jobs many many times over.

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Nashville doesn't have a good economy? Ita a booming fast-growing city with really good metrics...
It grew by 21% in a decade. I find it very hard to belive that its not a place of oppurtunity.

What your saying runs counter to every thing I’ve read in Nashville from Forbes to Money Magsine to everything. From all I’ve read it has a wonderfully diverse economy from tech, automotive, banking, healthcare and publishing.

It’s been named one of the top cities for professional/white collar jobs many many times over.

Not to the scale of Atlanta and what it is for black people. At all.

Its where people want to move, theres a lot of jobs moving down there sure. But thats where we draw the line.

Its not the 'white version of Atlanta' where white people move to Nashville to do better than they did elsewhere.

Austin, Seattle, SF, Denver all fit the bill better.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Not to the scale of Atlanta and what it is for black people. At all.

Its where people want to move, theres a lot of jobs moving down there sure. But thats where we draw the line.

Its not the 'white version of Atlanta' where white people move to Nashville to do better than they did elsewhere.

Austin, Seattle, SF, Denver all fit the bill better.

But for a lot of Black people Atlanta is THE party and music industry place I think the same could be said for white folks in Nashville. I know a black woman from Nashville (by way of a Jackson MS) who moved to Boston recently…. she always always calls Nashville ‘White Atlanta’.

I think SF is out for various reasons.

I really don’t see a big difference between Nashville, Austin, Denver I think it’s all pretty much the same thing but Nashville has the most notable party and music industry scene and is in the same geographic region as Atlanta.

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

But for a lot of Black people Atlanta is THE party and music industry place I think the same could be said for white folks in Nashville. I know a black woman from Nashville (by way of a Jackson MS) who moved to Boston recently…. she always always calls Nashville ‘White Atlanta’.

I think SF is out for various reasons.

I really don’t see a big difference between Nashville, Austin, Denver I think it’s all pretty much the same thing but Nashville has the most notable party and music industry scene and is in the same geographic region as Atlanta.

Well Nashville being White Atlanta is news to me.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Well Nashville being White Atlanta is news to me.

Really? Almost all my black friends call Nashville "white Atlanta".

[BostonBornMassMade]

2021:

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST1Y2021.S1701

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...1Y2021.B19013B

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...1Y2021.B19113B

NEW YORK CITY
Poverty Rate For City: 18.0%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 20.9%

Median Income for Black households: $52,197

Median Income for Black Families: $65,932

PHILADELPHIA
Poverty Rate For City: 22.8%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 28.3%

Median Income for Black households: $38,289

Median Income for Black Families: $46,792

WASHINGTON DC
Poverty Rate For City: 16.5%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 27.7%

Median Income for Black households: $52,812

Median Income for Black Families: $66,409

BOSTON
Poverty Rate For City: 18.7%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 18.4%

Median Income for Black households: $56,029

Median Income for Black Families: $76,581

BALTIMORE
Poverty Rate For City:23.0%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 27.7%

Median Income for Black households: $42,835

Median Income for Black Families: $55,252

But yea 'Boston doesn't have a black middle class like those cities' lol. The bias is crazy. Whats crazier is people are 99% sure they are right.

Add to this Boston currently has a lower black crime rate than any of these places.

The US Attorney, Rachael Rollins
The Attorney General to be, Andrea Campbell
The Sherrif of Suffolk County, Steve Tompkins
The DA of Suffolk County, Kevin Hayden
The Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice for Massachusetts, Kimberely Budd
The Boston Police Commissioner, Michael Cox
District 7 (majority of Boston) US Senator, Ayanna Pressley

Former Governor, Deval Patrick

^ All of them are Black

Report: Massachusetts Leads Nation In Serving Black College Students

USC study done by black men, link here: https://race.usc.edu/wp-content/uplo...eport-Card.pdf

Massachusetts as the Lowest Black Incarceration Rate besides Hawaii.

You could actually do this for a while.

Massachusetts ranked as the 2nd best state for Black Women by a black travel site

Boston was ranked as the 2nd best metro for Black Women in the US after Washington DC according to Essence Magazine.

None of this will make SNL, but you will hear about how someone cussed Kyrie Irving out a few months ago after he trashed the city, stomped the logo, gave people the finger, and called the fans a bitter ex girlfriend.

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

2021:

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...ST1Y2021.S1701

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...1Y2021.B19013B

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table...1Y2021.B19113B

NEW YORK CITY
Poverty Rate For City: 18.0%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 20.9%

Median Income for Black households: $52,197

Median Income for Black Families: $65,932

PHILADELPHIA
Poverty Rate For City: 22.8%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 28.3%

Median Income for Black households: $38,289

Median Income for Black Families: $46,792

WASHINGTON DC
Poverty Rate For City: 16.5%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 27.7%

Median Income for Black households: $52,812

Median Income for Black Families: $66,409

BOSTON
Poverty Rate For City: 18.7%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 18.4%

Median Income for Black households: $56,029

Median Income for Black Families: $76,581

BALTIMORE
Poverty Rate For City:23.0%

Poverty Rate for Black People: 27.7%

Median Income for Black households: $42,835

Median Income for Black Families: $55,252

But yea 'Boston doesn't have a black middle class like those cities' lol. The bias is crazy. Whats crazier is people are 99% sure they are right.

Add to this Boston currently has a lower black crime rate than any of these places.

The US Attorney, Rachael Rollins
The Attorney General to be, Andrea Campbell
The Sherrif of Suffolk County, Steve Tompkins
The DA of Suffolk County, Kevin Hayden
The Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice for Massachusetts, Kimberely Budd
The Boston Police Commissioner, Michael Cox
District 7 (majority of Boston) US Senator, Ayanna Pressley

Former Governor, Deval Patrick

^ All of them are Black

Report: Massachusetts Leads Nation In Serving Black College Students

USC study done by black men, link here: https://race.usc.edu/wp-content/uplo...eport-Card.pdf

Massachusetts as the Lowest Black Incarceration Rate besides Hawaii.

You could actually do this for a while.

Massachusetts ranked as the 2nd best state for Black Women by a black travel site

Boston was ranked as the 2nd best metro for Black Women in the US after Washington DC according to Essence Magazine.

None of this will make SNL, but you will hear about how someone cussed Kyrie Irving out a few months ago after he trashed the city, stomped the logo, gave people the finger, and called the fans a bitter ex girlfriend.

One of my friend's from College in NYC is Kyrie's cousin. Absolutely nobody in the family likes him. So not only does Kyrie have a trash attitude, he's actually a pretty trash person. This is when he was playing for the Celtics I learned all this, so before he insulted Boston like a salty two year old, I hated him beforehand. Oh well...

[goat314]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Not to the scale of Atlanta and what it is for black people. At all.

Its where people want to move, theres a lot of jobs moving down there sure. But thats where we draw the line.

Its not the 'white version of Atlanta' where white people move to Nashville to do better than they did elsewhere.

Austin, Seattle, SF, Denver all fit the bill better.

Is Atlanta still the "it" place for black people? Not saying it doesn't still have a large appeal to many black people. I just know a lot of people that have moved there and were not impressed by the opportunities. Has the metro reached a saturation point of diminishing returns?