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I know it's out of 8 million for its CSA but this is way higher than I thought.
There are about 330,000 Black people in Metro Boston. Look into Milton, Brockton, Cambridge, Malden, Lynn, Somerville, Salem, Everett, Chelsea, Randolph and Boston neighborhoods like Mattapan, Roxbury, Dorchester, Roslindale, Hyde Park and others in that SE portion of the city. I think for the CSA, it is including the other cities in MA like Lowell, Lawrence, New Bedford, Worcester and NH like Manchester and Nashua, among others nearby that have some Black folks.
Excellent question. I was already working on that.
Owner Occupied (Black or African American)
Washington - 49.8%
Philadelphia - 47.9%
Atlanta - 46.7%
Miami - 42.8%
Houston - 42.0%
Detroit - 41.4%
Chicago - 39.8%
Dallas - 37.4%
Los Angeles - 33.8%
Boston - 31.8%
Bay Area - 31.2%
New York - 31.2%
Beautiful, If only blacks invested more in our neighborhoods. Areas like 4th Ward in Houston or Shaw in DC would still be remaining. Sad.
I hear Anacostia is getting hit hard with gentrification aka modern day colonization lol
I was shocked when I went back and saw Barry Farms was gone. That place was ROUGH, but still. Did they ever redevelop the land?
Excellent question. I was already working on that.
Owner Occupied (Black or African American)
Washington - 49.8%
Philadelphia - 47.9%
Atlanta - 46.7%
Miami - 42.8%
Houston - 42.0%
Detroit - 41.4%
Chicago - 39.8%
Dallas - 37.4%
Los Angeles - 33.8%
Boston - 31.8%
Bay Area - 31.2%
New York - 31.2%
WOW I used to live outside of DC and yes I did notice that blacks were more prevalent in the workforce but I had no idea that DC was such a powerhouse.
Beautiful, If only blacks invested more in our neighborhoods. Areas like 4th Ward in Houston or Shaw in DC would still be remaining. Sad.
I hear Anacostia is getting hit hard with gentrification aka modern day colonization lol
I was shocked when I went back and saw Barry Farms was gone. That place was ROUGH, but still. Did they ever redevelop the land?
I don't think it's an issue of Black people not investing in Black neighborhoods. Plenty of Black professionals do. The problem is that there aren't enough Black professionals to remake inner cities. Even if every single member of the Black Creative Class in these cities moved back into the core cities (which is ridiculously far from realistic), it still wouldn't be enough to turn the tide. It would be like trying to throw Seal Team 9 at the Russian Army. We need more people!
I don't think it's an issue of Black people not investing in Black neighborhoods. Plenty of Black professionals do. The problem is that there aren't enough Black professionals to remake inner cities. Even if every single member of the Black Creative Class in these cities moved back into the core cities (which is ridiculously far from realistic), it still wouldn't be enough to turn the tide. It would be like trying to throw Seal Team 9 at the Russian Army. We need more people!
Philly and Detroit didn't surprise me. They are cheaper, post-industrial cities that have always had high home ownership rates. Philly was never a city like NYC or Chicago where tons of people were packed into highrise project living.
Philly and Detroit didn't surprise me. They are cheaper, post-industrial cities that have always had high home ownership rates. Philly was never a city like NYC or Chicago where tons of people were packed into highrise project living.
Detroit didn't surprise me, but Philly at second definitely did.
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