Capital of Black America? (living, best, state, better)
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This is true, but Atlanta has been THE top Reverse Migration destination city for Blacks every decade since 1970, easily. The 2020s could possibly be the first decade that it's not.
Although the effects of this pandemic will be felt across the board, Houston is starting this decade off in a more vulnerable economic position due to oil price wars which makes for a double whammy and will most likely put a bigger damper on migration rates there compared to other cities.
If Maryland was smarter, it would copy what Atlanta/Georgia does and actively try to attract black transplants to Baltimore and the rest of the state, using Prince George's County and proximity to DC as attractions. I always thought Maryland as a state is still underrated for black people.
MD is underrated. It offers a lot to both Northerners and Southerners....everyone really. Most people in this diaspora know about MD, DC, and Bmore.
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Originally Posted by the resident09
There's Black wealth in Baltimore though at least surrounding it. Baltimore City is just a piece of it's own metro area. Maryland may not get notoriety in the lime light like Atlanta and Georgia do, but it's hardly underrated by those in the know. Maryland has the most educated Black population by percentage as a state, and is among the wealthiest. It's true that Atlanta markets itself better, but Maryland never had to being where it's located. It won't be copying Atlanta. If anything places like DeKalb County are like a copy of Prince George's etc.
Also for those bringing up HBCU's, just DC and Maryland alone have 6 HBCU's.
That's true, MD doesn't have the loud pub like ATL but that's okay. It has a lot of qualities of value that I see in GA and then some.
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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod
I’m going to say something that may surprise some people, but the moving to Atlanta thing is kind of “played out” in regards to some black people. For instance, the move for a lot black Upstate NYers is Charlotte, with some going to Raleigh and DC, among some others. Just in my family, those that moved out of state went to Charlotte(by way of PG County), Charles County MD(Waldorf) and Virginia Beach. I dare say the sibling that moved to suburban Rochester(their spouse actually grew up in the same SD), may be the most “successful”. So, it depends and shows that people will go anywhere.
This isn’t to say Atlanta isn’t going to still get people, but I think many are starting to branch out in terms of moving to new places now, big and small.
I know what you mean by played out. ATL has been booming since the 70s I think (that's when my parents and some relatives moved here from Up North and the Midwest) and has been attracting people ever since. One mark against ATL is that it's proximity to other great cities isn't close to whatever Maryland or Virginia (RVA or Hampton Roads) metro area one is in. There's the Bay and Atlantic Ocean, mountain areas, rural, suburbs, city, and great daytrips. That's attractive to people.
I know what you mean by played out. ATL has been booming since the 70s I think (that's when my parents and some relatives moved here from Up North and the Midwest) and has been attracting people ever since. One mark against ATL is that it's proximity to other great cities isn't close to whatever Maryland or Virginia (RVA or Hampton Roads) metro area one is in. There's the Bay and Atlantic Ocean, mountain areas, rural, suburbs, city, and great daytrips. That's attractive to people.
Absolutely; it's a feature of living in the Bos-Wash corridor that I have truly come to value and appreciate. Atlanta isn't terribly far from Charlotte and Nashville, but there are no other major metros nearby.
Interesting, as in NY we got a lot of FL migration due to migrant farmers leaving places like Belle Glade, Pahokee and places in Central FL like Sanford, Kissimmee, Ocala, etc. Then they would go to places like say Elizabeth City NC or others along the way before they got to migrant farm camps in NJ, on Long Island(mainly the Hamptons or the North Fork and Upstate(some of the small towns/cities in between the bigger cities). Some from the other states along the way came as well. This is a form of migration that doesn't get talked about much, but quite a few came North this way, then once they got established, they worked in manufacturing or started businesses in the bigger cities/areas.
If people are interested and have time, this is a very good video that illustrates this form of migration that was made in 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0BMWltIclg
While some from the Caribbean were migrant farmers(mainly Jamaicans around Plattsburgh/the Adirondacks, etc.), many were/are African American too.
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