Bi-racial families (St. Louis, Florissant, University City: neighborhood, university, to live)

[Fishtacos]

Bi-Racial couples and families or Multi-Race couples anywhere are accepted by many, most, but not by some other ignorant people. I don't think St. Louis is any different than many other major metro areas. St. Louis is a Metro of a little under 3 million people. You will do just fine.

[bilikins]

My husband is white and I'm half chinese; we haven't had any issues here. In fact, people frequently compliment our daughter! :-)

[st. louie louie]

I have never seen anyone display a confederate flag in the city of St. Louis. I would go as far to say that it would cause problems and be dangerous for that household.

The more diverse areas would be south St. Louis city and the inner ring suburbs of the western corridor. (University City, Richmond Hghts, etc)

Welcome to Saint Louis. Get invovled and enjoy all the city has to offer.

[new2lex]

My advice would be to live in the middle of the city near Highway 40 around Historic Shaw/Tower Grove which are the most racially diverse neighborhoods (and really wonderful). St. Louis has a north/south racial divide. Poorest whites are farther south, and poorest blacks are farthest north in the city. The middle is racially integrated.

[WhyteWing]

I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder...

I'm caucasian as is my fiance so I guess I wouldn't meet this issue "face to face," but I have lived in cities where lines are drawn for all to see and St. Louis is NOT like that.

Mahalemama is right, west county is predominantly white but not "exclusive" that I have heard. The Tower Grove area is liberally mixed with caucasian and black (and mocha, and latte... though missing an Asian influence, now that I think about it. StL City schools have kind of a bad rep, but there are scads of private and magnet schools. There may also be other options that I don't know about because I don't have children of my own. I *have* heard good things about the Lindberg school district in South County (which is suburban without being far from the city).

Regardless, c'mon along. As long as you don't trample my garden (too much...), you are welcome to be my neighbor!

[shunda_henderson]

Youll find that STL is a very diverse area but there are still some really ignorant people here. The areas that i find are more accepting are St. Charles County area; St. Peters or Ofallon areas. There are lots of biracial couples out there, not to mention they have excellent school systems. But in all honesty and as a realtor I can't tell you to move there. I will, however,tell you to move where ever you find you like, that meets your needs, and you are comfortable. Hope i can be of help.

Originally Posted by stevebidw

We are moving from the Detroit area to the St. Louis area. My wife, daughter and I are caucasion and we have a son that is bi-racial. We want to ensure that we're moving to an area that would be accepting of our bi-racial family. We understand that there will always be people that see problems with this, but what is the overall feeling in the area? We obviously would prefer to stay away from an area full of confederate flags and such
We would like to welcome feedback regarding our concerns.

[Danilo-11]

You shouldn't have any problems in St. Louis
I'm black-hispanic and I pay a lot of attention to this issue.

I moved from Kansas City to Maryland Heights where I lived for a couple of years and it took me a while to get used to seeing so many black people.
I believe KC is about 30% black and St. Louis is about 50%.

I'm saying this, because one day I drove out towards Kansas City and stopped in a Wal-Mart in a small town and the first thing that I thought was:
"Holy crap, there's no black people in this town"

Originally Posted by shunda_henderson

The areas that i find are more accepting are St. Charles County area; St. Peters or Ofallon areas.

I'm not going to disagree with you,
but I just have to point out that it seems to me like almost everybody in those areas are white.

Based on wikipedia St. Charles County is 95% white, 3% black and 2% hispanic.

[shunda_henderson]

You know one thing they don't always tell you about census is sometimes you have to chose a side. There are several people in those areas that are "white" when in fact they are biracial and raised by their caucasian parent or other. i have been faced with this issue all my life and my mother also because we have a very mixed background.

Originally Posted by Danilo-11

You shouldn't have any problems in St. Louis
I'm black-hispanic and I pay a lot of attention to this issue.
I moved from Kansas City to Maryland Heights where I lived for a couple of years and it took me a while to get used to seeing so many black people.
I believe KC is about 30% black and St. Louis is about 50%.

I'm saying this, because one day I drove out towards Kansas City and stopped in a Wal-Mart in a small town and the first thing that I thought was:
"Holy crap, there's no black people in this town"



I'm not going to disagree with you,
but I just have to point out that it seems to me like almost everybody in those areas are white.

Based on wikipedia St. Charles County is 95% white, 3% black and 2% hispanic.

[STLOUISCHARLES]

Originally Posted by shunda_henderson

Youll find that STL is a very diverse area but there are still some really ignorant people here. The areas that i find are more accepting are St. Charles County area; St. Peters or Ofallon areas. There are lots of biracial couples out there, not to mention they have excellent school systems. But in all honesty and as a realtor I can't tell you to move there. I will, however,tell you to move where ever you find you like, that meets your needs, and you are comfortable. Hope i can be of help.

Saint Charles is a very nice place to live. There are many interracial couples and bi-racial people in the area. In the late seventies, however, Saint Charles city was still very segregated. Many black families lived in on Washington St.,close to Lindenwood University; "The Hill", which is the neighbhorhood across from Blanchette Park, or in Powell Terrace, which is a neighbhorhood just north of Booneslick and Cunningham. Thes areas have always been historically black, but now have people of all races that are "low income". You will still hear names of the same black families that have lived in Saint Charles for the last 50 years within interracial and bi-racial communities, such as: Hunn, Hayden, Brown, Steele, Baker, Thomas, Clark, and Moore. Other black families migrated to Saint Charles from Saint Louis and Chicago, in the mid eighties. Saint Charles continues to diversify, with people from all races and ethnicities, due to its "easy-living" environment. Its convienient and affordable, and a wonderful place to live. Lindenwood University's recent expansion also creates a very desireable atmosphere in Saint Charles, as well as recent developments along Main Street.

[aragx6]

I'm no sure I'd agree that Lindenwood's expansion has much to do with the recent developments along main street.

I still think St. Charles really needs to work on its appearance as you cross over 70. Though I was thrilled to see that Noah's Ark Best Western finally come down.