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Have you been to Tex man, Houston is diverse, Dallas is diverse,What is this definition of Truly diverse,diversity is diversity, I agree with No city in Tex can equally match Nyc in diversity but as a State what does Ny have other than Nyc that are diverse?there is no diversity without equality.
EXACTLY, upstate NY is majority WHITE. You can find different cultures from Houston to El Paso.
Thats the I feel about even having to make the case. Having a few asian and Meaican areas combined with some ethnic restaurants isn't diversity. I actually like Texas, but if you want to talk about ethnic diversity texas isn't even in th Minor leagues..
Namely there are robust Vietnamese, Chinese, Nigerian communities and a growing Filipino community in Houston alone in addition to Mexicans and Blacks and whites, which as you noted, you can find all throughout Texas...
Furthermore, many of those whom you are glossing over as "Mexicans" are actually Guatemalans, Hondurans, Columbians etc....If you are going to count the multitude of European cultures in Queens (French, Greek, Russian, Serbian) as diverse individual cultures, you might as well count each Central and South American culture found in Texas as representative of part of the state's diversity...
Don't forget the Germans in San Antonio, that's how you get the acordian sound in tejano music, from the intermingling of Tejano and Germans in South Texas.
LaMexican speaks the truth. He lived in TX so he knows if TX is diversed or not. Maybe TX is diversed but not as diversed as NYC no way. We have Indians, Pakistans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Greeks, Filipino, Dominicans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Albanians, Irish, Italians, Salvadorians, Ecuadorians, Hondurians...Jewish. NYC has be a home to many cultures. It began at Ellis Island. Immigrants will come to Ellis Island first before entering NYC. So why state that TX can be compared to NYC. Hence, TX can never be compared to NYC.
TX has almost EVERYTHING you just said. The only thing Texas dosent have is MAYBE Albanian. But NOBODY is denying that NYC is more diverse then ANY texas city. We ALL know that, that's a given, but to say Texas isn't TRULY diverse is absurd.
I will admit, Queens is more diverse then TX cities on an individual level, but to say Texas cities aren't "truly" diverse is just not true. Hosuton isn't diverse? Dallas isn't diverse? I could say the same thing for upstate NY cities.
An example of diversity in Upstate cities, here are the demographics of the school districts of the major cites in Upstate(go to page 3 for all of them):
I could add some other Upstate districts that are relatively "diverse" too. That's not getting into Long Island too. By the way polo, there are quite a few Haitians in districts like Spring Valley, North Rockland and Nyack in Rockland County just north of NYC too.
EXACTLY, upstate NY is majority WHITE. You can find different cultures from Houston to El Paso.
No the majority is not White. Take a look at ckthankgod post
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An example of diversity in Upstate cities, here are the demographics of the school districts of the major cites in Upstate(go to page 3 for all of them):
I could add some other Upstate districts that are relatively "diverse" too. That's not getting into Long Island too. By the way polo, there are quite a few Haitians in districts like Spring Valley, North Rockland and Nyack in Rockland County just north of NYC too.
These Texans think they're on the same level with everything, you notice that? I get reps from lurkers who say the same thing. Whenever someone claims to have lived in Texas, their comeback is "Well you haven't traveled the whole state." How do you know where they've gone? There's always SOME excuse as to why we know nothing. Gotta love it. It's fair to compare a county to a state--it's still a part of NYS so it isn't off-topic.
Ok, if we're comparing a WHOLE state, then what part of upstate NY can compare to Dallas in diversity? No one is DENYING that NYC IS more diveres then ANY Texas city. NYC is HAND DOWN the MOST diverse city in this nation, BUT upstate NY is NOT part of NYC, and dosent have the same diversity of NYC. Like I said NO ONE is DENYING NYC diversit, but t YOU GUYS who deny Texas diversity. NYC>Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin Individually. TX>NY state, or maybe TX=NYstate.
These Texans think they're on the same level with everything, you notice that? I get reps from lurkers who say the same thing. Whenever someone claims to have lived in Texas, their comeback is "Well you haven't traveled the whole state." How do you know where they've gone? There's always SOME excuse as to why we know nothing. Gotta love it. It's fair to compare a county to a state--it's still a part of NYS so it isn't off-topic.
Well I've lived here my whole life and I haven't even scratched the surface of all the places here. I find it hard to believe that someone lived here for a shorter period than me and has experienced every nook to the point that they can make assertions like lamexican.
Yes.....Actually, the major cities in NY State are diverse. Here in Syracuse we have SE Asians(mainly Vietnamese), Sudanese, West Africans, Native groups like the Onondaga and Mohawk of the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee Federation, African Americans, Jamaicans, Italians, Irish, Germans, Jews(mainly Russian), Greeks, Middle Easterners(mainly Lebanese and Jordanians), Chinese, Koreans, Ukrainians, Somalians, Indians and so on. Remember, it has a world class university and is known for being a city that has attracted refugees too. Actually, I don't think there are many cities that have a legit community presence of the 5 general racial/ethnic groups(White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian and Native American) like Syracuse does. Meaning, they are all at least noticable within the city. For instance, Fowler High school, the HS for Syracuse's Westside has a makeup of around 41% Black, 30% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Asian and 2% Native American.
Pretty impressive. That is true, I forgot about the universities up there. Univesities give a city great diversity.
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