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Here are rankings for each of those cities. Which ranking for which category are you disputing?
New York
Community & Representation = 48
Economic Opportunity = 13
Housing Opportunity = 55
Business Environment = 60
Boston
Community & Representation = 18
Economic Opportunity = 18
Housing Opportunity = 67
Business Environment = 31
Providence
Community & Representation = 32
Economic Opportunity =21
Housing Opportunity = 52
Business Environment = 38
Hartford
Community & Representation =32
Economic Opportunity = 30
Housing Opportunity = 37
Business Environment = 64
Community and Representation first and foremost (you could’ve included Philly). Hartford is way higher than Providence and NYC should be leaped an bounds above them others not below them. How is Philly below Providence ri for black community and representation?
And then economic opportunity and business environment. Boston has Economic opportunity way way wayyy higher than Providence. Oh my goodness.
And how is NYC 13 for economic opportunity but 60 for business?
I live here about 4 years, been all over.. I know the area pretty well. I just don’t agree with QOL in general these suburbs are not great in general and I don’t see the same type of DMV wealth. Also this list doesn’t seem to go by metro area, because many cities on the list aren’t principal cities.
Community and Representation first and foremost (you could’ve included Philly). Hartford is way higher than Providence and NYC should be leaped an bounds above them others not below them. How is Philly below Providence ri for black community and representation?
And then economic opportunity and business environment. Boston has Economic opportunity way way wayyy higher than Providence. Oh my goodness.
And how is NYC 13 for economic opportunity but 60 for business?
You need to look at the link I provided to the data. It digs deep into everything including the weight given to each category for each metro area. Hartford had a higher population growth for Black people based on the data. Also, the share of the metro population for each occupation played a role.
Orlando and Baltimore shouldn’t be here. I’m sorry but living in Baltimore I really don’t see how it’s better for black people than NYC or Boston. Literally it’s just blacker… but this ain’t it. The whole environment is just less than…DC makes total sense but even baltimore with its suburbs is just a No to me.
San Antonio is a head scratcher too.
With its suburbs, Baltimore is competitive which is why it always ranks high on these sorts of lists without fail.
I suppose I'm not surprised by Orlando either seeing as though it has been one of the most popular destinations for Black transplants within the last couple of years.
I live here about 4 years, been all over.. I know the area pretty well. I just don’t agree with QOL in general these suburbs are not great in general and I don’t see the same type of DMV wealth. Also this list doesn’t seem to go by metro area, because many cities on the list aren’t principal cities.
All of the ranked cities are the most populous within their MSAs. It is a ranking of metropolitan areas.
And then economic opportunity and business environment. Boston has Economic opportunity way way wayyy higher than Providence. Oh my goodness.
And how is NYC 13 for economic opportunity but 60 for business?
If you look at the data in the link I provided, only 11% of the businesses in the NYC metro area are Black owned. That hurt their score.
As for Boston, the income inequality for Black people is better in Providence (0.76) than Boston (0.65) based on the data for economic opportunity in the chart.
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