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I mentioned Black history specifically in the context of differentiating Nashville from the likes of Portland and Austin. This is one reason I can't really agree that Nashville is more like those cities than cities like Atlanta and DC, especially since Nashville is a newcomer to the gentrifying boomburg club compared to Portland and Austin (and Atlanta and DC for that matter).
Exactly.....I wouldn't put Austin and Portland in the same breath as Nashville.
I bet if Nashville kept its pre 1963 city limits, I wouldn't be surprised if that city would be close to being 50% Black, give or take. Its post 1963 city/county consolidation is probably why there isn't as much Black leadership due to the fact that the outer areas of that consolidation probably have lower Black percentages and in turn, is where a lot of the representation comes from.
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.
How many urban cores in America do not fit this description?
Exactly.....I wouldn't put Austin and Portland in the same breath as Nashville.
I bet if Nashville kept its pre 1963 city limits, I wouldn't be surprised if that city would be close to being 50% Black, give or take. Its post 1963 city/county consolidation is probably why there isn't as much Black leadership due to the fact that the outer areas of that consolidation probably have lower Black percentages and in turn, is where a lot of the representation comes from.
Good point; I forget Nashville has a consolidated government and I didn't know that that occurred before the VRA, after which you began to see Blacks getting elected to local political leadership positions nationwide.
Good point; I forget Nashville has a consolidated government and I didn't know that that occurred before the VRA, after which you began to see Blacks getting elected to local political leadership positions nationwide.
I don't see Nashville as a mecca for Blacks but its far from being a Portland or Austin type of place.
I always have seen a stable Black middle to upper middle class in that city and it shows that they seem to be attracting a lot of Blacks from the Chicago type of places or else you wouldnt see the percentage increase in Davidson Co.
I would say if I was a young Black family, I would consider Nashville a possiblity after Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Dallas and Houston. I would never consider Austin or Portland over Nashville.
Are there any other examples similar to the Baldwin/NW Freeport(Baldwin Schools) and Lakeview(Malverne Schools) examples in other areas where it is highly/mostly Black, middle class and has solid/good schools that such neighborhoods feed into?
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