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No. There are only so many cities where you see that and NYC is generally not one of them.
Let's add some more objectivity to this. These are the numbers for Blacks (age 25 and over) with a college degree or higher by metro area.
New York - 490,575 (22.66%)
Washington, DC - 298,879 (30.87%)
Atlanta - 293,711 (27.06%)
Chicago - 202,853 (20.06%)
Houston - 156,993 (24.23%)
Los Angeles - 143,702 (24.39%)
Dallas - 141,587 (23.13%)
Philadelphia - 139,870 (18.03%)
As a black professional, you're not so concerned about statistics other than how many people like you exist in your metro. Compared to Atlanta or DC, the Black professional class in Philly or NYC is far more dispersed and far less cohesive. So you don't really have an equivalent of the more affluent sections of PG County, Dekalb or Cascade.
So what is SE Queens then(which extends really into parts of Valley Stream and Elmont) and in essence, wouldn't the higher total number be just as important? Don't get me wrong, as I've been to PG and DeKalb Counties, but given what is known about that chunk of Queens, in spite of stats, wouldn't that be a critical mass that one would point to?
There are some middle areas of the towns, actually and the school district is actually pretty good. There are some working/lower middle class areas of Philly next to the town and even in the town itself, but there are solidly middle class areas with high Black percentages within the town. It is about 33% Black and the school district enrollment is about 50% Black.
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So what is SE Queens then(which extends really into parts of Valley Stream and Elmont) and in essence, wouldn't the higher total number be just as important? Don't get me wrong, as I've been to PG and DeKalb Counties, but given what is known about that chunk of Queens, in spite of stats, wouldn't that be a critical mass that one would point to?
SE Queens could be characterized as lower middle class or working/middle class (Addisleigh Park is a notable exception to the rule). A lot of first wave West Indians have replaced African Americans there. P.G. County (outside of the Beltway) is more solid middle class to upper middle class. There's really nothing in the NYC area like that. There are a few towns like Teaneck and Maplewood and maybe a few on Long Island, but most just have a black presence as opposed to being made up primarily of African Americans.
SE Queens could be characterized as lower middle class or working/middle class (Addisleigh Park is a notable exception to the rule). A lot of first wave West Indians have replaced African Americans there. P.G. County (outside of the Beltway) is more solid middle class to upper middle class. There's really nothing in the NYC area like that. There are a few towns like Teaneck and Maplewood and maybe a few on Long Island, but most just have a black presence as opposed to being made up primarily of African Americans.
and the mostly Black areas of many of these communities like this area of Baldwin, also on Long Island: Census Tract 412900 in Nassau County, New York are also mostly Black. So, sometimes the mostly Black areas in many of these diverse towns with higher Black percentages can be at least solidly middle class. Here's the Belmont Lake Park area of West Babylon: Census Tract 122502 in Suffolk County, New York
Are people really trying to argue that Philly is a better city for black professionals than Atlanta through sheer statistics? I can understand subjectively like having better transit or a more walkable city(Do most blacks really care about this like their white counterparts at this moment?).
Atlanta is one of the most educated metros and cities period, especially among the top 10 populated metros. Atlanta as a city is about 44% educated among the adult populous and the metro is still around 34% or so(don't quote me entirely on this). This is with blacks making up roughly 33% of the metro and as we know blacks are widely under educated as a group so that in itself is impressive for Atlanta and naturally should wield impressive stats for blacks here.
Are people really trying to argue that Philly is a better city for black professionals than Atlanta through sheer statistics? I can understand subjectively like having better transit or a more walkable city(Do most blacks really care about this like their white counterparts at this moment?).
Atlanta is one of the most educated metros and cities period, especially among the top 10 populated metros. Atlanta as a city is about 44% educated among the adult populous and the metro is still around 34% or so(don't quote me entirely on this). This is with blacks making up roughly 33% of the metro and as we know blacks are widely under educated as a group so that in itself is impressive for Atlanta and naturally should wield impressive stats for blacks here.
No argument....Just that they are there in concentrations and I actually think quite a few Black folks care about better transit and walkability, but it isn't displayed or verbalized in the same way or to the same degree as White counterparts.
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No argument....Just that they are there in concentrations and I actually think quite a few Black folks care about better transit and walkability, but it isn't displayed or verbalized in the same way or to the same degree as White counterparts.
I think most black people caremore about "value",What they can get for their money,More so than their white counterparts.
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