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I have a few friends from Cali and when I bring this up they always say "in California we mixed with everyone and we dont party separately" but I later found our that was BS. The reason they party together is because they do not have anywhere else to go and they are forced to party with other races because most of the black venues are hood. Kind of like if I me and my friends went to a country bar in ND. Fro. The outside people would say it was diverse but they didn't know that was the only place I had to choose from lol
I have a few friends from Cali and when I bring this up they always say "in California we mixed with everyone and we dont party separately" but I later found our that was BS. The reason they party together is because they do not have anywhere else to go and they are forced to party with other races because most of the black venues are hood. Kind of like if I me and my friends went to a country bar in ND. Fro. The outside people would say it was diverse but they didn't know that was the only place I had to choose from lol
works both ways. That's how I felt when I lived in ATL and everybody said it was multi-cultural and the food is good.
Out of 12,000,000 people LA had 800,000 blacks. That is a much lower percentage than oakland.
Oakland does have a Stronger presence by far.
Both have blacks but the social scenes for blacks In both cities are horrible. Your only options are hood spots generally speaking. Then on top of that everything closes at 1:30
Both have blacks but the social scenes for blacks In both cities are horrible. Your only options are hood spots generally speaking. Then on top of that everything closes at 1:30
Good thing there is more stuff to do for black people than clubbing. I would disagree with the social scenes being horrible. As somebody who has lived in both LA and ATL, ATL obviously has a stronger AA scene but to call California horrible is just over looking many things that AA enjoy doing in both cities.
As someone who has lived in both places, it's Oakland by far.... No contest.... L.A. has fame because of Hollywood but fame doesn't mean anything and didn't change the fact that Oakland is the West coast chocolate city. Woken people think of L.A. they think of plastic surgery, celebrities, suburbs and a beach. L.A. is a giant suburb and isn't a real "city" in a sense as is neighbors up north in the Bay Area where there is far more going on then in L.A...wheni lived in nyc people thought L.A. was lame but respected the Bay Area especially Oakland
As someone who has lived in both places, it's Oakland by far.... No contest.... L.A. has fame because of Hollywood but fame doesn't mean anything and didn't change the fact that Oakland is the West coast chocolate city. Woken people think of L.A. they think of plastic surgery, celebrities, suburbs and a beach. L.A. is a giant suburb and isn't a real "city" in a sense as is neighbors up north in the Bay Area where there is far more going on then in L.A...wheni lived in nyc people thought L.A. was lame but respected the Bay Area especially Oakland
Smaller cities will always feel more "Black" than a bigger city even if they have a smaller population.
Big cities have enclaves with just as much influence. They just get sucked up along with the rest of the city making it less prominent on the big picture.
I'm sure you can drop someone off in a certain neighborhood in both towns and have it feel culturally black both times.
That's far from universally true. Ever heard of Atlanta, Detroit, and Memphis for starters?
Chicago's black population is bigger than most cities.
I just meant that influence will always be split the bigger the city.
I'm sure you can feel it the vibe in L.A. as much as you could in Oak land. But there's more places to run to in L.A. While in a smaller place(Oakland) you're forced to see only that.
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