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Originally Posted by Mutiny77
Yeah it's wild; PG is looked down in metro DC more than DeKalb is in metro Atlanta. I think it's because DeKalb has Dunwoody/half of Perimeter, Emory, the CDC, and Decatur within its borders.
Interesting take on the evolution of PG County over time:
Yeah this post makes no sense, maybe he was saying Los Angeles overall population has more people than Atlanta and Miami combined still has zero relevance to the black population since Atlanta has more than twice as many blacks than L.A. does and a far higher percentage.
Yeah this post makes no sense, maybe he was saying Los Angeles overall population has more people than Atlanta and Miami combined still has zero relevance to the black population since Atlanta has more than twice as many blacks than L.A. does and a far higher percentage.
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Originally Posted by 5thmadison
I consider black capitals to be places where blacks live , where money matters more than race
1) wall street For Black America is Philadelphia and Dc combined
2) hollywood For Black America is Atlanta and Miami Combined
I think a lot of it has to do with the big Caribbean presence in the Miami area, but like some other places, I think the African American population in the area gets underestimated.
I think a lot of it has to do with the big Caribbean presence in the Miami area, but like some other places, I think the African American population in the area gets underestimated.
It absolutely does. Plenty of Black Americans in South Florida. Always has been and people want to erase that.
The first post isn't clear about whether it's city proper or metropolitan area but that became clear as the thread went on. I'm not sure why you want to be obtuse about this. Do you actually think it makes sense to discuss this topic and exclude suburban areas like PG and DeKalb counties and the "Best Southwest" in metro Dallas? Like seriously???
I'm back.
No if the conversation excludes metropolitan talk.
Yes, if the focus is strictly city proper.
He's being obtuse about it because he keeps trying use selective statistics to push this false narrative that Houston is the blackest city or has the highest black population in the south. He can only do that by only considering the defined city limits since Houston proper is already the largest city in the South. Has nothing to do with it being blacker, there are just far more people in its city limits than all of the other Southern cities period.
As far as there being multiple capitals, of course there are multiple cities that have qualities and significance enough to be a black capital, but the point of this thread or any discussion like this is which ONE city most exemplifies the qualities and characteristics to be considered a black capital. The Root did a poll like this recently for black history month for which city is the blackest in America and Atlanta came out on top. Most polls like this Atlanta is usually going to come out on top but I do agree you can't really pick one city that represents the diversity of the black population.
LoL, smh. You seem to let a historical fun fact go over your head. I said it in a historical sense and that ATL' s black commumity was larger prior to Houston's ( city proper wise).
If one will be chosen then I'll pick D.C for the De Facto Capital
metro (better necta) makes more sense than city arbitrary boundarys.
i know boston (48 square miles). talking about boston in terms of a vacuum makes no sense due to new englands anti-annexation laws.
e.g. - somerville used to be a part of charlestown but has since separated into its own city; eventhough, charlestown is still technically within the boundary of the city of boston. about the same time new york city built the biggest suspension bridge connecting the city of brooklyn. the next year n.y.c. annexed brooklyn, and then bronx, and then queens, and then staten island (303 square miles).
since 1990 l.a. has made 7 annexations (the latest was in 2015). are you saying that when this thread started certain sections of metro l.a. cannot be considered but now because an imaginary line has been redrawn they are now magically pertinent.
do you honestly believe some random farm land within the political border of jacksonville, fl (747 square miles) is more pertinent to city culture than most of eastern mass. there are probably more t stations in cambridge, somerville, brookline, quincy, ... than within the borders of boston.
To put it bluntly, I prefer city proper over metro. Simple enough.
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