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Columbus is the largest city in Ohio. Over 800,000 in the core; I wouldn't call that a sleeper. But it is suburban because the majority of the city was annexed.
There's plenty of everything and everyone in that city. A Black person shouldn't have any problems there.
I was as well. Why would you think that city would not meet the thread criteria?
Sleeper means that it does, but not that many people think about it in that regard. For instance, in terms of Nashville, they have HBCU's such as Tennessee State, Meharry Medical College and Fisk University. People may not know this about Nashville and that is why I mentioned it as a sleeper.
Sleeper means that it does, but not that many people think about it in that regard. For instance, in terms of Nashville, they have HBCU's such as Tennessee State, Meharry Medical College and Fisk University. People may not know this about Nashville and that is why I mentioned it as a sleeper.
Nashville is still a VERY white city, though. Its black population is not THAT big compared to most of the other cities mentioned in this thread and is pretty much confined to the run down area where the HBCUs are. Also, since Nashville is on a lot of rich white hippies' and yuppies' radar now and is considered "the next Austin," they are also gentrifying a lot of poor and middle class people out of Nashville, including many of the black folks; Nashville doesn't belong in this convo, not even as a "sleeper."
Nashville is still a VERY white city, though. Its black population is not THAT big compared to most of the other cities mentioned in this thread and is pretty much confined to the run down area where the HBCUs are. Also, since Nashville is on a lot of rich white hippies' and yuppies' radar now and is considered "the next Austin," they are also gentrifying a lot of poor and middle class people out of Nashville, including many of the black folks; Nashville doesn't belong in this convo, not even as a "sleeper."
It is still around 30% Black and that is considering that it is a consolidated city-county municipality. Imagine what the percentage for the city would be if it had the old city limits. So, it is still a city worth mentioning and it will be a while before the Black percentage gets to the level of Austin(around 8-9% Black).
Correction, Davidson County and Nashville aren't completely the same municipality. When including the portion of the county not consolidated with Nashville, the Black percentage of the county is roughly 28%. Still a substantial percentage for a county with around 670,000 people.
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Sleeper means that it does, but not that many people think about it in that regard. For instance, in terms of Nashville, they have HBCU's such as Tennessee State, Meharry Medical College and Fisk University. People may not know this about Nashville and that is why I mentioned it as a sleeper.
I see what you mean. Well Columbus is a mixed bag. Its urban, but it doesn't have the grit of Cleveland or Cincinnati. That doesn't mean that it is doesn't have any bad neighborhoods and the Blacks there are primarily middle class and professional. That definitely is not the case. But for those reasons, I prefer it to an area like Northern Virginia, because its real, not some idealization of an urban area. But that's how Ohio is in most cities, though Columbus is a bit more sterile in its suburbs than the other cities.
Ohio State is huge. There are also a lot of tech companies there, and of course the state government jobs, which tend to pay well.
I see what you mean. Well Columbus is a mixed bag. Its urban, but it doesn't have the grit of Cleveland or Cincinnati. That doesn't mean that it is doesn't have any bad neighborhoods and the Blacks there are primarily middle class and professional. That definitely is not the case. But for those reasons, I prefer it to an area like Northern Virginia, because its real, not some idealization of an urban area. But that's how Ohio is in most cities, though Columbus is a bit more sterile in its suburbs than the other cities.
Ohio State is huge. There are also a lot of tech companies there, and of course the state government jobs, which tend to pay well.
You also have Black people in leadership positions there and it celebrates its Black professionals, with the Who's Who in Black Columbus: Who's Who in Black Columbus
It is still around 30% Black and that is considering that it is a consolidated city-county municipality. Imagine what the percentage for the city would be if it had the old city limits. So, it is still a city worth mentioning and it will be a while before the Black percentage gets to the level of Austin(around 8-9% Black).
Correction, Davidson County and Nashville aren't completely the same municipality. When including the portion of the county not consolidated with Nashville, the Black percentage of the county is roughly 28%. Still a substantial percentage for a county with around 670,000 people.
LOL, you don't have to teach me about Nashville. I'm from Tennessee and know the city and area well. That's why I can tell you it's not a "best city for Black people all around, for everything" type of city, like the title of the thread says. It's geared mostly towards gentrification minded white people, if anything. They are turning it into the next Austin or Portland, and trying to move the less 30% of blacks that they do have out. No city like that is ever black friendly or good for blacks.
LOL, you don't have to teach me about Nashville. I'm from Tennessee and know the city and area well. That's why I can tell you it's not a "best city for Black people all around, for everything" type of city, like the title of the thread says. It's geared mostly towards gentrification minded white people, if anything. They are turning it into the next Austin or Portland, and trying to move the less 30% of blacks that they do have out. No city like that is ever black friendly or good for blacks.
So, is the community looking to do things to combat that? What about a think tank for businesses/business creation in collaboration with the institutions mentioned earlier?
Keep in mind that Austin and Portland were never that Black in the first place. So, if Nashville is ever going to get to that level, then it would have to take a much stronger effort in order to get to that level of gentrification.
Also, there is a degree of gentrification occurring in many cities, including the ones that immediately come to mind in a thread like this. So, this isn't something that is exclusively occurring in Nashville.
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If you're talking black people as a group, I would say Atlanta. Lots of successful ones there.
If you are talking one individual or family, I would say someplace smaller and very white in the Midwest or West.
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