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Old 11-30-2009, 11:35 AM
 
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Also being a white woman I feel I can speak to this, but it's such an odd question. "White woman" is such a broad category that I'm having a hard time. I've never been to a city that didn't treat white women as a whole well. Personally I've been reasonably comfortable here. In general I feel safe and have everything I need. If you want to get nitpicky there's good and bad things about San Antonio, but that's true of any city.
Oddly, Ive been a white man all my life and have never had these issues some appear to be worried about. How 'comfortable' someone is might have more to do with who they are and how they treat others than how others treat them. Just a thought...

 
Old 11-30-2009, 11:37 AM
 
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are you hot?
No, no no...the proper response is: Post pics please!
 
Old 11-30-2009, 01:28 PM
 
Location: San Antonio-Westover Hills
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This thread was closed in the Houston forum. Same OP. Just FYI folks.
 
Old 11-30-2009, 01:53 PM
 
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TexasCovertCarry: are you saying its odd youve been white all your life?
 
Old 11-30-2009, 02:21 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Ok, I stated Im white and not a racist right off the bat because I knew I was gonna get flooded with comments and not freakin answers. Rather than me say, Hey everybody, how will San Antonio treat a white girl?" And get questions like, what does it matter? you a racist? I simply answered questions I knew that would be asked, ahead of time.
Anyways, My user name is Freakin Carmela !! Im half hispanic, Im just white as sh*t !!
Im not worried about me being a racist because Im not, Im worried about moving somewhere where other people dont like white girls. So thank you LOVESAT, SSHURGOT for answering me, and you two are probably right, maybe I should visit first.
Ok, that made me laugh!

I'm white - German, English and Welsh. I moved here 12 and a half years ago from St. Louis. I was born and raised in central Illinois. I'd never met a culturally aware Hispanic person prior to moving here - I knew Hispanic people in St. Louis, but they just considered themselves white - their culture was no different than mine.

I've never once felt uncomfortable in San Antonio. I relish its diversity - a totally different kind of diversity than I found in St. Louis. I married a Hispanic man after living here six years, and that served to broaden my cultural awareness and to bind me more deeply to San Antonio and south Texas.

Keep an open mind, and remember: You DO NOT need to know Spanish to live here successfully and happily.
 
Old 11-30-2009, 03:42 PM
 
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TexasCovertCarry: are you saying its odd youve been white all your life?
I was being sarcastic
 
Old 11-30-2009, 03:46 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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I was being sarcastic
Which begs the question...have you been sarcastic your whole life?!?
 
Old 11-30-2009, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in San Antonio
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Which begs the question...have you been sarcastic your whole life?!?

Too funny
 
Old 11-30-2009, 04:23 PM
 
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Since you brought it up and its directed at me, Ill be happy to answer. When you preface ANY statement with "I'm white and not racist..." you are obviously looking for someplace to be, probably with as few minorities as possible. There's no other reason for making the statement. Now, given the rich cultural diversity that San Antonio has, I respectfully advised the OP that they probably wouldn't be happy here. Im not calling the person a racist or anything else, just stating what I feel is the obvious. I stand by that.

Your example question of "how comfortable will I be" is just a nice way of saying, how does Schenectady County feel about Hispanics? There is no real way to answer the question as everyones interpretation of what the OP was looking for is going to vary greatly. The best advice Ive seen in this thread is the one saying come for a long visit and see what you think yourself.

Thanks for clarifying that, obviously I missed it; what you said makes complete sense, I just did not see that until now. Thanks again.
 
Old 11-30-2009, 04:26 PM
 
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Ok, I stated Im white and not a racist right off the bat because I knew I was gonna get flooded with comments and not freakin answers. Rather than me say, Hey everybody, how will San Antonio treat a white girl?" And get questions like, what does it matter? you a racist? I simply answered questions I knew that would be asked, ahead of time.
Anyways, My user name is Freakin Carmela !! Im half hispanic, Im just white as sh*t !!
Im not worried about me being a racist because Im not, Im worried about moving somewhere where other people dont like white girls. So thank you LOVESAT, SSHURGOT for answering me, and you two are probably right, maybe I should visit first.
You are welcome, I again think you will like it here. Come on over and send me a PM when you do. Maybe I will take you for some good Mexican Food! Yum!!!
Okay we can do any kind of food I just love enchiladas, rice and beans!
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