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I think I read Washington is the city where African Americans earn the most, but based on personal experience I feel like that the communities in CLT and ATL are thriving more. I feel like the middle class is more robust. Etc.
Black people generally seem to do the best in suburban settings; especially ones where they're integrated with whites.
If you ever search up the most thriving black communities then they're either in the suburbs or on the edges of a major city (where its practically suburban). I can't think of one dense city-like black area in the US that is affluent. Something about high-density seems to make black folks go bonkers..
Of course there are thriving blacks that live deep within cities but when you get too many blacks packed in too close together then it usually ends in disaster And becomes a very toxic environment.
Honestly, I don't know the reason why. Maybe because in Africa, we were mostly in villages and small populations so we're kinda hardwired to collectively function better in less-populated settings? Even when you look at the black countries around the world with the best standard of livings (HDI) and that are the most peaceful; they are mostly less-densely populated areas (ex: Barbados, Bahamas, Botswana, Gabon, etc).
Maybe I'm the biggest ignoramus around but this is just what I noticed with both my own experiences and analyzing census data in the past. Please somebody prove me wrong if they disagree.
Last edited by MemoryMaker; 02-02-2019 at 05:52 AM..
I think the median household income is a better indicator of the overall well-being of a population group than the number of millionaires. The Washington DC metro tends to be statistically about the best off for black Americans - and likely for Asian, Hispanic and white Americans as well. Government and supporting industries tend to be relatively recession proof (ignoring the dysfunction of early 2019).
On the other hand, the DC area's high cost of living offsets this advantage, and wealthy, prominent celebrities from the media and entertainment sectors tend to live elsewhere - particularly the top three places on the poll. But often such high profile individuals get a lot more attention than far larger numbers of people who have made a solid fortune in less glamorous lines of work.
Just in terms of the list, I would still include Detroit. Areas in the city like Palmer Woods, Sherwood Forest and the University District west of the Woodward Corridor; Indian and East English Villages; Rosedale Park and Grandmont-Rosedale would fit.
In the suburbs, parts of Southfield/Lathrop Village, the Farmington/Farmington Hills area, West Bloomfield(a lot of athletes live there), Canton, the Grosse Pointes, Bloomfield Hills and Beverly Hills come to mind.
NYC has more rich and upper class black people than any city on that list, definitely if we're talking metro wise which includes Long Island, Northern New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, and SW Connecticut.
After that it's DC for median income then Atlanta for sheer number of black millionaires.
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