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Around NYC and LA I've noticed this. It's not whites moving into the black neighborhood as much as it hispanics. Compton...I mean really everywhere in SoCal I can't think of one neighborhood there where this is not true. The Bronx, Black towns in Long island and New Jersey. Have you noticed this trend in your neck of the woods as well?
Yes, and imagine it's mostly because of cost. In addition, black people are moving to suburbs and Hispanics are moving into city centers and older/inner ring suburbs that used to have more black people.
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When I worked for the water district in Oakland, CA in the 1980s there were several parts of the city near the Airport such as Brookfield Village and Sobrante Park that were all Black. When we were back there a few years ago, all the people we saw in those areas appeared to be Hispanic.
Yes, and imagine it's mostly because of cost. In addition, black people are moving to suburbs and Hispanics are moving into city centers and older/inner ring suburbs that used to have more black people.
Not just cost, I think Hispanics genuinely have less aversion to living around black people than whites do.
From 1970 to the late 1990s the area was 80% Black and about 10% Latino. Now it is majority Latino and that majority is growing. It is a bit surprising given that in the early days of Los Angeles the Black community was restricted to certain neighborhoods in South Central. That was their historical home base as they spread after housing restrictions were lifted.
It will be interesting to see what happens there simply because of that particular history.
Absolutely. Hispanics move into black neighborhoods all over the country,
From what I can tell, it depends a lot on ethnicity. In Boston, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are very prevalent in traditionally blacker parts of the city like Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park, and Roslindale.
However, the Salvadorans, Colombians, and Guatemalans settled in East Boston, which is an old Italian neighborhood that has very few black residents.
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Yes because the black neighborhoods offer cheaper rent and housing, I’ve even seen Hispanics while I was randomly driving around a black neighborhood in Birmingham and Memphis.
From what I can tell, it depends a lot on ethnicity. In Boston, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are very prevalent in traditionally blacker parts of the city like Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park, and Roslindale.
However, the Salvadorans, Colombians, and Guatemalans settled in East Boston, which is an old Italian neighborhood that has very few black residents.
Yeah I think it depends on the type of Hispanic and the city. As a generalization, Central Americans, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans dont seem to have an issue moving into black neighborhoods. South Americans, not so much.
Yeah I think it depends on the type of Hispanic and the city. As a generalization, Central Americans, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans dont seem to have an issue moving into black neighborhoods. South Americans, not so much.
Even then, it likely depends on the background(i.e.-Afro-Colombians, Ecudorians, Peruvians, Venezuelans, etc.).
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