Which Northeast city would be best for a black middle class family? (live, state)
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To be fair, for Northeastern cities with at least 100k people, I believe Allentown, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Brockton, Cambridge, Lowell, Manchester, Quincy, Syracuse, Waterbury, Worcester and Yonkers are the only ones that increased in black population from 2010 to 2020. All, but Buffalo, Cambridge and Yonkers increased in black percentage as well. I may have missed a city or two. I know that Albany just missed getting to 100k by 776 people, but also saw an increase in black population and percentage.
I believe out of all of these cities mentioned, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Brockton, Syracuse and Yonkers are the only ones with a predominantly/pluralistically more black and relatively middle class area(and/or at least the black population is) within the city.
All of this is irrelevant. 99% of black families without any bias would rather live on the roughest block in Mattapan than a moderate block in Kensington. That's the truth.
I would dread raising a family here as a black man in his early twenties since 90% of my neighbors and neighborhood residents would be from the silent generation or baby boomers; There's no neighborhood for bougie "new-money" black people under the age of 30 in this city- they've all went to ATL, DC, or LA.
All of this is irrelevant. 99% of black families without any bias would rather live on the roughest block in Mattapan than a moderate block in Kensington. That's the truth.
I would dread raising a family here as a black man in his early twenties since 90% of my neighbors and neighborhood residents would be from the silent generation or baby boomers; There's no neighborhood for bougie "new-money" black people under the age of 30 in this city- they've all went to ATL, DC, or LA.
Wait, what about Mount Airy or parts of Germantown, that have been mentioned on here before? I believe parts of the Wynnefield area as well.
Wait, what about Mount Airy or parts of Germantown, that have been mentioned on here before? I believe parts of the Wynnefield area as well.
Germantown; perhaps, yes. Mt. Airy also to a degree- closer towards the germantown border or East Mt. Airy.
West Mt. Airy is largely white and liberal similar to Chestnut Hill without less wealth, so that's a definite no.
The others; no- they're full of lifelong generational residents (silent generation) or baby boomers that have been there since the 80s. This is true especially in the well-off parts of the Oak Lanes.
The ideal neighborhood for me to raise a family would be a majority-black version of Manayunk. Wynnefield and the Northwest is too suburban for my liking and too old for the most part.
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All of this is irrelevant. 99% of black families without any bias would rather live on the roughest block in Mattapan than a moderate block in Kensington. That's the truth.
In all honesty I'm not seeing a huge difference in desirability, there, but to each their own, I suppose. Mattapan just has more trees.
Is Boston, pound for pound, in better shape than Philadelphia? Obviously, but the point is that there are many different options outside of destitution and squalor. You're portraying a false proposition.
Just to get away from cities for a bit, but this census tract is in the village of Westbury NY and covers neighborhoods like Sherwood Gardens and Birchwood Knolls: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/...039-nassau-ny/
The others; no- they're full of lifelong generational residents (silent generation) or baby boomers that have been there since the 80s. This is true especially in the well-off parts of the Oak Lanes.
The ideal neighborhood for me to raise a family would be a majority-black version of Manayunk. Wynnefield and the Northwest is too suburban for my liking and too old for the most part.
Unfortunately, you're greatly underselling Philadelphia, and unfairly scapegoating the city due to an uptick in crime that's a national issue of concern--but that's another thread (literally).
You may not personally prefer the neighborhoods ckhthankgod mentioned, but the point still stands that they're all viable and long-standing historically black or diverse neighborhoods in Philadelphia proper with a substantial middle-class.
In fact, West Mt. Airy was long ahead of its time relative to integration:
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