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Washington and Atlanta are easily the two best cities for African Americans in the country, but when we speak of successful Black areas, they are mainly suburbs. I am planning on working in the government field when I graduate college and want to live in a walkable, urban, transit-connected neighborhood in one of these cities. This is a thread to compare urban districts in these two cities with significant African American populations (I'm from Atlanta so I'm used to higher black populations but I'll set the lowest percentage at 30%). Which city is better for Black urban living? Which has better transit access to black neighborhoods? What about amenities?
"Easily the best cities...." says who? The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce? If a black person wants to live in a prison and not travel more than 50 miles from the center of Atlanta, yeah, it's good, but Georgia is still stuck in the 1950s.
"Easily the best cities...." says who? The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce? If a black person wants to live in a prison and not travel more than 50 miles from the center of Atlanta, yeah, it's good, but Georgia is still stuck in the 1950s.
Thankfully most of metro Atlanta isn't, but your point is valid.
"Easily the best cities...." says who? The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce? If a black person wants to live in a prison and not travel more than 50 miles from the center of Atlanta, yeah, it's good, but Georgia is still stuck in the 1950s.
Georgia has more African Americans than any other state. I've been all over Georgia in many small towns to mid-size metros and have never felt unsafe. Yes, there are problematic people but for the most part we aren't getting massacred here.
I'm planning on becoming a policy analyst or congressional staff assistant. I mainly want to work with public policy but I'm not sure of all of the possible job options yet (I have 2-3 more years to find out.) I want to be close to congress so I'm already leaning toward DC, but my family and friends are all in Atlanta and I have more political connections there at the moment.
Atlanta, easily. Atlanta is called Black Hollywood for a reason, because of the prevalence of black professionals in government, business, entertainment, etc. You have the political connections in Atlanta, so I think you could leverage your Atlanta political connections to DC if you choose DC. Remember, Atlanta has 3 business centers in Midtown, Downtown and Buckhead, so you can live in close proximity to any of those areas.
Atlanta, easily. Atlanta is called Black Hollywood for a reason, because of the prevalence of black professionals in government, business, entertainment, etc. You have the political connections in Atlanta, so I think you could leverage your Atlanta political connections to DC if you choose DC. Remember, Atlanta has 3 business centers in Midtown, Downtown and Buckhead, so you can live in close proximity to any of those areas.
It’s not even urban though. Compared to DC? Do people not get the question?
"Easily the best cities...." says who? The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce? If a black person wants to live in a prison and not travel more than 50 miles from the center of Atlanta, yeah, it's good, but Georgia is still stuck in the 1950s.
I hear you but most African Americans live in the south-including on here. There’s some biased towards southern places. There re negative aspects of life in every American state that don’t necessarily effect a given population on a day to day basis or even month to month, year to year. There are also just thing people get used to living with that people in other areas might be abhorred by. Every state/regions I agree I think is pretty backwards but there a lot to offset that for most blacks. Most importantly-Atlanta, and why would u be going 50 miles out of Atlanta or need to?
The things that northern/western whites or even blacks value are not neccesarily the same things blacks in Georgia value.
Georgia has more African Americans than any other state. I've been all over Georgia in many small towns to mid-size metros and have never felt unsafe. Yes, there are problematic people but for the most part we aren't getting massacred here.
Georgia has more African Americans than any other state. I've been all over Georgia in many small towns to mid-size metros and have never felt unsafe. Yes, there are problematic people but for the most part we aren't getting massacred here.
No, Texas is the state that has the most African Americans. Georgia is like fourth or fifth largest.
It’s not even urban though. Compared to DC? Do people not get the question?
This is ultimately a comparison thread.
Atlanta has relatively urban neighborhoods (walkable areas with commercial districts in the core of the city with access to rail transit) with sizable Black populations though whereas DC has more. Just because DC is more urban and has more urban neighborhoods doesn't mean that one of Atlanta's options wouldn't suit the OP better. It wouldn't be any fun at all just to answer "DC" and then effectively close the thread.
a better question I would love to see discussed is whats the best walkable/urban neighborhoods/cities for blacks besides DC or Atlanta.
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