Most diverse Denver or Minneapolis (better, population, life, people)

[jacknotion]

Which is more diverse(nightlife, races, shopping, events) Denver or Minneapolis.

[Boston14]

Minneapolis, Denver is a great city also.

[BlackOut]

Originally Posted by jacknotion

Which is more diverse(nightlife, races, shopping, events) Denver or Minneapolis.

Nightlife - tie
Races - ?
shopping - Denver
Events - close, but I think Minneapolis has the advantage

[ComfortablyNumb]

Nightlife definitely goes to Denver. No question.

Their downtown area is absolutely hopping on weekends and they have a much more diverse selection of bars, clubs, etc etc etc. The scene and atmosphere overall is just a lot better. And although 16th street isn't the center of nightlife in Denver, it is way better than any entertainment/shopping area in Minneapolis.

Races is hard to say. Probably a tie. Denver and the surrounding area is pretty heavily latin-ized though, and Minneapolis is not.

Shopping definitely goes to Denver.

Events... Minneapolis probably, but only because Denver-ites are so busy doing other things.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Minneapolis has more racial diversity than Denver.

[UrbanRocks]

Well, racially, as for city population figures (not metro) according to the 2000 census:

Denver: 52% White, 11% Black, 32% Hispanic, 5% Other races

Minneapolis: 63% White, 18% Black, 8% Hispanic 11% Other races

[lakal]

Denver has a much larger hispanic population, Minneapolis doesn't. Larger black population, Asian population (even though it's more noticeable across the river in St. Paul), in Minneapolis. Diverse in different ways.

[uptown_urbanist]

I think Minneapolis's Hispanic population, in particular, has grown tremendously since 2000. So may have Denver's; my point is only that Minneapolis in the 2010 census is almost certainly going to look a lot different than 2000.

[aaronstlcards]

I guess I can easily solve this which city is more diverse debate.
From the 2005-2007 U.S. Census Community Survey:

Minneapolis
Population: 362,513

White %: 63.3
-------------------# of Whites: 229,470
-Black %: 17.6
-------------------# of Blacks: 63,802
-Hispanic %: 9.5
-------------------# of Hispanics: 34,438
-Asian %: 5.1
-------------------# of Asians: 18,488


Denver
Population: 576,842

-White %: 50.5
-------------------# of Whites: 291,305
-Black %: 9.7
-------------------# of Blacks: 55,953
-Hispanic %: 34.2
-------------------# of Hispanics: 197,279
-Asian %: 3.1
-------------------# of Asians: 17,882

[ComfortablyNumb]

I always get a good laugh out of white people arguing over which city has more non-white people in it, as if this is some true, final measurement of how great a city is.