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2 races is not diverse. Maybe for wv it is but somewhere diverse it is not.
Morgantown has Asian and Hispanic populations that Charleston doesn't. It is a colorful city while Charleston is black and white. That was the point of the restaurant analogy. I grant you Charleston is the 2nd most diverse city in wv although it is not very diverse but neither is morgantown.
I haven't missed anything. With the limited stated cited, Bluefield is the 2nd most diverse city in WV. The real issue (like I said before) is how WV fails to accept non-white ethnic variety as well as other states. I know a New England county that is 93% white, but everybody is welcomed and made comfortable in the communities, unlike much of WV.
I haven't missed anything. With the limited stated cited, Bluefield is the 2nd most diverse city in WV. The real issue (like I said before) is how WV fails to accept non-white ethnic variety as well as other states. I know a New England county that is 93% white, but everybody is welcomed and made comfortable in the communities, unlike much of WV.
2 races is not diverse. Maybe for wv it is but somewhere diverse it is not.
Morgantown has Asian and Hispanic populations that Charleston doesn't. It is a colorful city while Charleston is black and white. That was the point of the restaurant analogy. I grant you Charleston is the 2nd most diverse city in wv although it is not very diverse but neither is morgantown.
Statistically, Beckley is more diverse than both.
It has the lowest percent of white residents and comparable asian & hispanic numbers to Charleston. Morgantown might be 1% more asian and 1% more hispanic, but those are insignificant differences in the big picture.
Also, I think Martinsburg has gone overlooked
White alone - 12,842 (74.5%)
Black alone - 2,485 (14.4%)
Hispanic - 1,069 (6.2%)
Two or more races - 557 (3.2%)
Asian alone - 201 (1.2%)
American Indian alone - 45 (0.3%)
Other race alone - 23 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 5 (0.03%)
It has the lowest percent of white residents and comparable asian & hispanic numbers to Charleston. Morgantown might be 1% more asian and 1% more hispanic, but those are insignificant differences in the big picture.
Also, I think Martinsburg has gone overlooked
White alone - 12,842 (74.5%)
Black alone - 2,485 (14.4%)
Hispanic - 1,069 (6.2%)
Two or more races - 557 (3.2%)
Asian alone - 201 (1.2%)
American Indian alone - 45 (0.3%)
Other race alone - 23 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 5 (0.03%)
Perhaps.
The problem with morgantown is that there are a lot of small and medium towns in a small area that really form one small city. Many of the non-white population live in the morgantown area but not within the actual city limits. So for what morgantown is the demographics are not accurate.
not really seeing much difference in the outlying communities and mon. county that look any different from Morgantown.
Westover
White alone - 3,581 (89.9%)
Black alone - 194 (4.9%)
Two or more races - 82 (2.1%)
Hispanic - 69 (1.7%)
Asian alone - 43 (1.1%)
American Indian alone - 10 (0.3%)
Other race alone - 3 (0.08%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 1 (0.03%)
Star City
White alone - 1,573 (86.2%)
Black alone - 77 (4.2%)
Asian alone - 74 (4.1%)
Hispanic - 53 (2.9%)
Two or more races - 42 (2.3%)
Other race alone - 6 (0.3%)
Brookhaven
White alone - 4,916 (95.1%)
Two or more races - 81 (1.6%)
Black alone - 76 (1.5%)
Hispanic - 46 (0.9%)
Asian alone - 42 (0.8%)
Other race alone - 8 (0.2%)
American Indian alone - 2 (0.04%)
Cheat Lake
White alone - 7,465 (93.5%)
Asian alone - 194 (2.4%)
Black alone - 127 (1.6%)
Hispanic - 127 (1.6%)
Two or more races - 62 (0.8%)
American Indian alone - 7 (0.09%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 5 (0.06%)
Other race alone - 1 (0.01%)
Mon. County
White Non-Hispanic Alone (90.8%)
Black Non-Hispanic Alone (3.4%)
Asian alone (2.4%)
Hispanic or Latino (1.6%)
Two or more races (1.4%)
I mean, I guess the student population adds a bit of diversity, but even then, WVU isn't a very diverse school. It's 86% white. To be honest, one can make an argument that Marshall is more diverse than WVU just looking at total minority percentages.
The data shows it - Charleston appears to be most diverse with respect to population. One other metric might be fixtures in the community: How do the three towns compare when it comes to Asian markets and ethnic food?
not really seeing much difference in the outlying communities and mon. county that look any different from Morgantown.
Westover
White alone - 3,581 (89.9%)
Black alone - 194 (4.9%)
Two or more races - 82 (2.1%)
Hispanic - 69 (1.7%)
Asian alone - 43 (1.1%)
American Indian alone - 10 (0.3%)
Other race alone - 3 (0.08%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 1 (0.03%)
Star City
White alone - 1,573 (86.2%)
Black alone - 77 (4.2%)
Asian alone - 74 (4.1%)
Hispanic - 53 (2.9%)
Two or more races - 42 (2.3%)
Other race alone - 6 (0.3%)
Brookhaven
White alone - 4,916 (95.1%)
Two or more races - 81 (1.6%)
Black alone - 76 (1.5%)
Hispanic - 46 (0.9%)
Asian alone - 42 (0.8%)
Other race alone - 8 (0.2%)
American Indian alone - 2 (0.04%)
Cheat Lake
White alone - 7,465 (93.5%)
Asian alone - 194 (2.4%)
Black alone - 127 (1.6%)
Hispanic - 127 (1.6%)
Two or more races - 62 (0.8%)
American Indian alone - 7 (0.09%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 5 (0.06%)
Other race alone - 1 (0.01%)
Mon. County
White Non-Hispanic Alone (90.8%)
Black Non-Hispanic Alone (3.4%)
Asian alone (2.4%)
Hispanic or Latino (1.6%)
Two or more races (1.4%)
I mean, I guess the student population adds a bit of diversity, but even then, WVU isn't a very diverse school. It's 86% white. To be honest, one can make an argument that Marshall is more diverse than WVU just looking at total minority percentages.
The data shows it - Charleston appears to be most diverse with respect to population. One other metric might be fixtures in the community: How do the three towns compare when it comes to Asian markets and ethnic food?
No.
After seeing data I agree morgantown is probably not the most diverse city in WV. It is still more diverse than Charleston but there are places in WV more diverse than both of them. This is per mattec's data.
I don't believe this is even a debate. If you value "diversity", we have students from dozens of countries running around here. They aren't "premanent" residents, so they aren't counted in the statistics, but when one of them graduates he/she is replaced by another one. In fact, that group is currently in growth mode.
I don't know who has the most Chinese, Indian, Arab, and Japanese restaurants. It doesn't seem particularly important to me since we have plenty of them here. If you want to experience the food of Outer Slavobia, or some other exotic place, you can drive an hour up the road to Pittsburgh (Evergrey should like that one).
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