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While I've been on my quest to find the "perfect" community in America for my black family I've noticed a certain pattern that is common among many other Black people in this country. There's certain things that we generally tend to look for in a city that differs from our White counterparts. That narrows our searches to just a couple of cities in this country. The usual suspects tend to be "Atlanta/D.C./ Houston".
Often times discussing a subject such as this becomes a hot touchy subject even among Black people on City data. Therefore I complied a list of things that makes a city enjoyable for Black Americans and what we tend to look for in moving to a city. Of course we're not monolithic but again I've seen these themes all across the board state to state for years to somewhat gauge what most people consider while choosing a city. I also complied a list of cities that have a significant Black population, culture,economy, and progression for that Black community. Out of the list of CITIES, which one would you say is the best option for a general black family based off the things Black Americans generally look for in a city?
Things Black Americans generally consider when looking for a citynot in any order)
1.Cost of Living
2.Economy
3.Significant Black population
4.Prominent Black culture
5.Favorable Median Household income
6.High home ownership rate
7. Highly rated diverse schools
8.Racial climate
9.Black businesses
10.Dating scene
11.Nightlife
12.Diverse Black social scene
13.Safe diverse or predominately Black communities
List of cities/metros in no particular order:
1.Atlanta
2.Washington D.C.
3.Houston
4.New York City
5.Charlotte
6.Dallas-Ft.Worth
7.Orlando
8.Raleigh-Durham
9.Chicago
10.Richmond,VA
11.Los Angeles
12.Austin
13.Miami
14.Baltimore
15.Memphis
16.Columbus,OH
17.San Antonio
Again i'm not saying that these cities are the best of the best but the ones I often see on list such as these.
I don't see how Memphis Miami or San Antonio fitting the bill (maybe San Antonio if you're military-personally, i consider it a drawback when a lot of black people are in the military in an area).
Memphis is just really black but it appears on paper and form word of mouth to just be a terrible place to live for a myriad of reasons
Miami's black community doesn't do very well and the schools are horrible. Also a fair degree of racism from Hispanics down there.
San Antonio isn't very black at all and seems conservative and isolated with bad weather.
Best place for a conventional black family would probably be raleigh-durham, atlanta, washington dc or charlotte.
I don't see how Memphis Miami or San Antonio fitting the bill (maybe San Antonio if you're military-personally, i consider it a drawback when a lot of black people are in the military in an area).
Memphis is just really black but it appears on paper and form word of mouth to just be a terrible place to live for a myriad of reasons
Miami's black community doesn't do very well and the schools are horrible. Also a fair degree of racism from Hispanics down there.
San Antonio isn't very black at all and seems conservative and isolated with bad weather.
Best place for a conventional black family would probably be raleigh-durham, atlanta, washington dc or charlotte.
conventional black family? I think you would have to add DFW in there.
I don't see how Memphis Miami or San Antonio fitting the bill (maybe San Antonio if you're military-personally, i consider it a drawback when a lot of black people are in the military in an area).
Memphis is just really black but it appears on paper and form word of mouth to just be a terrible place to live for a myriad of reasons
Miami's black community doesn't do very well and the schools are horrible. Also a fair degree of racism from Hispanics down there.
San Antonio isn't very black at all and seems conservative and isolated with bad weather.
Best place for a conventional black family would probably be raleigh-durham, atlanta, washington dc or charlotte.
Just curious, but why? I'm asking because from looking at some of the factors mentioned in the OP, black people in military areas tend to do relatively well(i.e.-factor #5).
On a side note, I'm somewhat surprised that Austin is on that list.
As for a smaller metro area that I would put an asterisk next to due to formerly being in the NYC metro from 2013-2018 is the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown area of NY. Very integrated metro with a substantial black population, with the lowest black-white per capita income gap among top 100 metros in population with at least a substantial black population and a relatively high black median household income, that train access to NYC via the Metro-North. Would personally suggest school districts like Pine Bush, Spackenkill, Valley Central and Wappingers Falls, among maybe a few others that are good with at least a decent black student population and a good mix of students, in general.
Last edited by ckhthankgod; 01-03-2020 at 04:41 PM..
While I've been on my quest to find the "perfect" community in America for my black family I've noticed a certain pattern that is common among many other Black people in this country. There's certain things that we generally tend to look for in a city that differs from our White counterparts. That narrows our searches to just a couple of cities in this country. The usual suspects tend to be "Atlanta/D.C./ Houston".
Often times discussing a subject such as this becomes a hot touchy subject even among Black people on City data. Therefore I complied a list of things that makes a city enjoyable for Black Americans and what we tend to look for in moving to a city. Of course we're not monolithic but again I've seen these themes all across the board state to state for years to somewhat gauge what most people consider while choosing a city. I also complied a list of cities that have a significant Black population, culture,economy, and progression for that Black community. Out of the list of CITIES, which one would you say is the best option for a general black family based off the things Black Americans generally look for in a city?
Things Black Americans generally consider when looking for a citynot in any order)
1.Cost of Living
2.Economy
3.Significant Black population
4.Prominent Black culture
5.Favorable Median Household income
6.High home ownership rate
7. Highly rated diverse schools
8.Racial climate
9.Black businesses
10.Dating scene
11.Nightlife
12.Diverse Black social scene
13.Safe diverse or predominately Black communities
List of cities/metros in no particular order:
1.Atlanta
2.Washington D.C.
3.Houston
4.New York City
5.Charlotte
6.Dallas-Ft.Worth
7.Orlando
8.Raleigh-Durham
9.Chicago
10.Richmond,VA
11.Los Angeles
12.Austin
13.Miami
14.Baltimore
15.Memphis
16.Columbus,OH
17.San Antonio
Again i'm not saying that these cities are the best of the best but the ones I often see on list such as these.
Replace Memphis and Baltimore with Nashville and Boston.
I don't see how Memphis Miami or San Antonio fitting the bill (maybe San Antonio if you're military-personally, i consider it a drawback when a lot of black people are in the military in an area).
Memphis is just really black but it appears on paper and form word of mouth to just be a terrible place to live for a myriad of reasons
Miami's black community doesn't do very well and the schools are horrible. Also a fair degree of racism from Hispanics down there.
San Antonio isn't very black at all and seems conservative and isolated with bad weather.
Best place for a conventional black family would probably be raleigh-durham, atlanta, washington dc or charlotte.
Memphis isn't that bad and generally gets somewhat a bad rep.
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