Which one is more Diverse- The Tri-State Metropolitan Area or The San Francisco Bay Area? (best, place)

[DANNYY]

Which one is more Diverse- The Tri-State Metropolitan Area or The San Francisco Bay Area?

Yes I mean diversity, I'm talking about former farmer from the landlocked region of Mongolia being found in one of these two areas now making a living for himself with an established family.
I'm talking about the level of ethnic diversity that can send Rush Limbaugh to the hospital after catching a glimpse of how many foreign people there are.
Okay, not really, but you get the idea of the level of diversity I'm asking for here.


Yes I'm talking about which one being THAT diverse.

Criteria;

- Food (The options and which culture is represented)
- Languages
- Culture
- Ethnic enclaves (which ones exist- how popular are they? which cultures aren't represented?)
- schools
- art/music influenced by the culture

And anything else that has to do with people's backgrounds contributing or solely even existing in these two areas.

[clean_polo]

Tri-State area, New York is the most diverse city in the US and New Jersey is the most diverse state.

[eek]

i'm eating right now lol so i'm just going to post something really fast.

nyc takes this alone, let alone adding the other two states.

nyc is the most diverse area of the nation. queens is the most diverse county and borough of nyc. pretty much any ethnicity that one could think of is represented in queens alone, let alone the other boroughs.

obviously nyc has:

chinatown (manhattan)
chinatown (flushing)
east harlem (aka spanish harlem aka el barrio)
washington heights
little italy

and various other ethnic enclaves.

nyc is known for west indians, eastern europeans, western europeans, asians, and now we're getting a large influx of mexicans and central americans.

in my neighborhood, pakistani's, east indians and guyanese indians run everything. they own everything. before them there used to be a ton of black west indians all over.

my neighborhood smells like west indian food. obviously you hear a ton of languages everyday, in your daily commute, even just chillin watching tv with the window open.

the art and music should be self explanatory as well. hip hop, salsa, reggae, merengue, house, rock, etc. all big here. some got started here. some of your favorite bands/artists got their start here.

etc. etc. when other ppl post, then i'll post more examples, stories, etc.

jersey is really diverse. i don't feel like posting about that because i'm not from there. let somebody from jersey handle that lol. ct too.

tristate takes this easily, tho.

[killakoolaide]

why do people think SF can hang with NYC?

[killakoolaide]

Its more like a west coast boston

[eek]

pictures won't do chinatown justice. you just have to be there. a non chinese person would look like a tourist walking around, lol.

[clean_polo]

"You just have to be there" is like the best way to describe anything about New York or any city for that matter. Theres nothing like just walking around an interesting neighborhood breathing in the atmosphere.

[DANNYY]

San Francisco Bay Area

Total Population: 2008 Estimates 6,960,079

Race:
White: 3,981,308 (57.2%)
Black of African American: 476,993 (6.9%)
American Indian/Alaska Native: 35,727 (0.5%)
Asian: 1,531,945 (22.0%)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders: 40,645 (0.6%)
Other Race: 634,934 (9.1%)
Two or more race: 258,527 (3.7%)

Hispanic/Latino or Race:
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,525,905 (21.9%)
Non Hispanic or Latino: 5,434,174 (78.1%)
- White: 3,173,073 (45.6%)
- African American/Black: 465,816 (6.7%)
- American Indian/Alaska Native: 21,110 (0.3%)
- Asian: 1,519,413 (21.8%)
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 39,167 (0.6%)
- Other Race: 31,306 (0.4%)
- Two or more races: 184,289 (2.6%)

Place of Birth by Citizenship Status:
Native: 4,887,925 (70.2%)
Foreign Born: 2,072,154 (29.8%)
- Naturalized Citizen: 1,064,523 (15.3%)
- Not a Citizen: 1,007,631 (14.5%)

Those are for the San Francisco Bay Area, could anyone get the Tri-State Area?

[eek]

the pics i posted make chinatown look small. here's a vid:

YouTube - Chinatown, NYC

its still not enough. lol i'm upset so i'ma move on and just post an example of things you see in nyc that scream diversity:











YouTube - Black Israelites in Times Square

[AcroJimmy2]

Originally Posted by killakoolaide

Its more like a west coast boston

SF Bay Area is more diverse than Boston, but not quite as diverse as NYC.