Black Flight

[Yakno1]

Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Gary, Philadelphia, Atlanta,Oakland, Houston, Los Angelos, Camden, St Louis
New Orleans, Dallas, Kansas City, Flint, Memphis, Newark, Bridgeport, Birmingham etc

are just some of the cities across the nation which are or have been considered violent in the past due to crime rates. Let's discuss Black Flight and how that has had a impact on these cities? Some of the cities share similar economic conditions/gentrification/similar population shifts/similar democratic policies etc.

Now the city is not for everyone, and some like to live in the suburbs for more space, so called "better schools" etc. This goes for Church leaders who live in the suburbs but drive to the city only for service.

How much has Black flight played a part in the break down of inner cities across the US?

 

[observe]

What's black flight?

 

[OliviaTwist]

By black flight do you mean that they leave the city in general or still in the metropolitan area but just now in the suburbs?

 

[Larry Lobster]

Jets

 

[Yakno1]

What's black flight?

But since 2000 the destination of many inner-city blacks has shifted again, according to details from the latest census. From Oakland to Chicago to Washington, DC, blacks are surging from the central cities to the suburbs.

Analysis of 2010 census data by William Frey, chief demographer for the Brookings Institution, shows that more than half the cities with large concentrations of blacks have seen significant declines in their black populations. About half of black Americans now live in the suburbs, up from 43% in 2000.

http://www.economist.com/node/18486343

"They moved into neighborhoods with better schools and they moved into neighborhoods with maybe better safety and security," Brown said.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/census_data_reveals_new_migrat.html

old articles but still should give you some info

 

[Yakno1]

By black flight do you mean that they leave the city in general or still in the metropolitan area but just now in the suburbs?

lived in city but left the city for suburbs and spend most of their income in the suburbs as well as raised families there instead of staying to help the communities they lived in that faced challenges.

 

[OliviaTwist]

lived in city but left the city for suburbs and spend most of their income in the suburbs as well as raised families there instead of staying to help the communities they lived in that faced challenges.

This sounds like you're trying to guilt trip those who leave to go to the suburbs. If you slowly start to see a decline in your old neighborhood, you shouldn't stay.

Im actually from memphis and once i graduate, I do wanna move back and live in memphis, but not necessarily the city. Im starting to see an increase in crime in my neighborhood and I did initially want to move back there. Most of the suburbs are getting annexed like germantown and cordova anyway so by the time I buy my own house it'll most likely be memphis.

 

[Yakno1]

This sounds like you're trying to guilt trip those who leave to go to the suburbs. If you slowly start to see a decline in your old neighborhood, you shouldn't stay.

Im actually from memphis and once i graduate, I do wanna move back and live in memphis, but not necessarily the city. Im starting to see an increase in crime in my neighborhood and I did initially want to move back there. Most of the suburbs are getting annexed like germantown and cordova anyway so by the time I buy my own house it'll most likely be memphis.

Some like to live in the city, some like to live in the suburbs and some like to live in the country. It's your choice, but if you slowly start to see a decline in your old neighborhood and your first move is to check properties in the suburbs then that explains just one type of mentality of black flight

 

[OliviaTwist]

Some like to live in the city, some like to live in the suburbs and some like to live in the country. It's your choice, but if you slowly start to see a decline in your old neighborhood and your first move is to check properties in the suburbs then that explains just one type of mentality of black flight

Youre right. Luckily there are not a lot of violent crimes in my neighborhood but they are increasing. And if the neighborhood isn't a safe one by the time I start looking for my family, I still believe that I can uplift my neighbor and do things to help make a difference without having to live there. Celebrities always go back to their old neighborhoods and help out without living in said neighborhood all the time.

My ultimate goal is for my children to go to my old high school because I saw the pictures of my parents in the old yearbooks and we went to games together and I want to do that with my children. But if the neighborhood isn't a great neighborhood then we just can't live there.