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Uhh, not really... The crime is usually below national average in MT.V (not for the past cpl years, but still not too high above national average) and it's 60% black.
You try looking for a town of 70K population that is 60% black thats had below to at average crime.
someone said detroit... They have SO many problems
Heck, find a city of 70,000 period nowadays with below average crime in the U.S.
Yes Fleetwood is nice esp by the Bronxville border, but south side Mt Vernon is not a place you put on your wish list. The part of the Bronx it shares a border with isnt exactly nice.
Mt Vernon is corrupt, the schools are garbage, theres gangs and all that nonsense. Westchester has the highest property taxes in the nation, why on earth would anyone spend it to live in Mt Vernon when they could probably pay the same to live in places like Norwalk or Ossining. Though those are probably "whiter" towns the quality of life would be much better.
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Uhh, not really... The crime is usually below national average in MT.V (not for the past cpl years, but still not too high above national average) and it's 60% black.
You try looking for a town of 70K population that is 60% black thats had below to at average crime.
someone said detroit... They have SO many problems
Not a city, but I heard once that the borough of Queens was the only county in America where the median income for Blacks is higher than any other group. I dunno if this is true or not.
I dont know about that exact statistic but their median income is relatively high there. Many of the Black neighborhoods in Queens are much nicer than the ones in Brooklyn.
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Not a city, but I heard once that the borough of Queens was the only county in America where the median income for Blacks is higher than any other group. I dunno if this is true or not.
Isn't this a bit of a chicken and egg situation? I mean with the ever-increasing geographic mobility you have to wonder whether in many cases the city is good for blacks or the blacks were already "good" before they moved.
I mean a highly educate expereienced black professional would probably do good pretty much anywhere, whereas a black homeless would still be ****ed in that black mecca.
I think it is in terms of African Americans doing well in various ways more in certain metro areas in comparison to others. It's not that African Americans want or do something differently, per se, but that there are some cities or metro areas where it seems that African Americans are doing better in comparison to others.
wow.. i need to find these magical cities where my race makes me succeed...
wow.. i need to find these magical cities where my race makes me succeed...
That's not what I said or the point of the original post. It is in terms of the success of people of that community in particular cities. Really, it's not a hard concept to follow.
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