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Atlanta provides the superior black experience and Houston is black with an international flavor. It depends on what one is looking for.
Being a black professional in either city is simply better than being one up here in the Twin cities. The black population up here isn't large to being with, and many are immigrants from Africa or lower income blacks who migrated here to better their situations. So say if one is a black professional up here and is in to hip hop, certain types to theatre, any kind of women but with a preference of educated black women, enjoys all cuisines but was raised on black(which tends to be southern influenced) food, your options are limited here. Houston and Atlanta has all those things in abundance and that's what I meant by "take it a step further", although Atlanta might have slightly more. I just like the balance of both areas, where there are many blacks as well as many people of other races.
The Twin Cities seems to be an interesting case. No it's not as Black as Atlanta, DC, NYC, Houston, Dallas, etc., but I know Southern-born Black folks who have moved there and absolutely love it and it has also produced some notable Black musical artists, most notably Prince and Mint Condition. So it somewhat piques my interest on that front.
Atlanta provides the superior black experience and Houston is black with an international flavor. It depends on what one is looking for.
Being a black professional in either city is simply better than being one up here in the Twin cities. The black population up here isn't large to being with, and many are immigrants from Africa or lower income blacks who migrated here to better their situations. So say if one is a black professional up here and is in to hip hop, certain types to theatre, any kind of women but with a preference of educated black women, enjoys all cuisines but was raised on black(which tends to be southern influenced) food, your options are limited here. Houston and Atlanta has all those things in abundance and that's what I meant by "take it a step further", although Atlanta might have slightly more. I just like the balance of both areas, where there are many blacks as well as many people of other races.
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I'm just impressed everyday that in Houston you can be black all day long but can step be amongst diversity; blacks here can literally have our cakes and eat them too.
The Twin Cities seems to be an interesting case. No it's not as Black as Atlanta, DC, NYC, Houston, Dallas, etc., but I know Southern-born Black folks who have moved there and absolutely love it and it has also produced some notable Black musical artists, most notably Prince and Mint Condition. So it somewhat piques my interest on that front.
The Twin Cities seems to be an interesting case. No it's not as Black as Atlanta, DC, NYC, Houston, Dallas, etc., but I know Southern-born Black folks who have moved there and absolutely love it and it has also produced some notable Black musical artists, most notably Prince and Mint Condition. So it somewhat piques my interest on that front.
Yes, the Twin Cities area is great and I wasn't trying to down it any way. Actually, I love it up here your statement is definitely true. I was just saying that options here are limited in comparison to those cities.
Dallas looks like it's doing its thing. I'll be there for work next week so I'll get to experience a bit of what it offers firsthand on that front.
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Originally Posted by Mr Ambitious
Yes, the Twin Cities area is great and I wasn't trying to down it any way. Actually, I love it up here your statement is definitely true. I was just saying that options here are limited in comparison to those cities.
Gotcha. I told a friend of mine that I'd have to come out and visit sometime and see what it's all about.
BajanYankee provided great stats earlier in this thread, but I'm wondering if he could provide stats on the growth of Blacks with college degrees in each metro from, say, 2006-2012? Cities like Houston and DC experienced tremendous growth among college-educated Millenials in particular (of any race), while cities that were hit hard during the recession like Atlanta and Charlotte didn't show much growth among this group, but I'm wondering what the growth in Black college-educated people, Millenials or otherwise, was for various cities.
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