Go ahead and talk about social life, what's stopping you? That's part of the math bro, because I also think we need a black social life that matches our population. Not every city has that...
I absolutely do not agree that every city is otherwise the same for black folk, though. That's objectively false...
The cities with the most government and white collar jobs is a fair talking point; not every city has these jobs in spades and that itself contradicts the thought that black folk are doing the same everywhere...
Man this is a dope checklist to work off of! New York is definitely top tier, no question...
Alot of these are reasona I'd put North Carolina as a state, and Charlotte and Raleigh as cities, as top tier places for Black people...
I have three black daughters, two of whom are in Raleigh. We have the best public school system of any of the major cities in state, that's a huge plus. The education infrastructure in Raleigh is GOAT, from primary thru university, and the UNC school system gives access to great schools around the state. Two HBCUs, and there is a strong focus on black education here aside from just the HBCUs...
Charlotte has the largest black population in The Carolinas, both it and Raleigh have large and STILL GROWING black populations, which is a benefit it has over cities like NY, LA, Chi, and many others who are watching their black communities decline. Part of a healthy population is the ability to grow and it's an underrated point on here certainly; Carolina and Texas and Florida cities are growing tremendously, attracting black people from all over the country and even internationally (as well as a handful of cities outside these states like Columbus and Vegas and others who continue to explode in their black population)...
One of the things that gets undersold is black diversity, there are foreign blacks in NC, too. Part of the difference between most Southern cities compared to Midwest and coastal cities is there are less "enclaves", which I also think contributes to less segregation down south, which I think should be great for anyone black. We dont necessarily need "Little Belize" or "Little Guyana", or the like, those negroes move in with us and are welcomed with open arms...
The political representation black people have in NC as a whole and Rgh and Clt as cities is amazing, we're everywhere abd I love it. I think this is important for black people to see, we have to be able to see ourselves in leadership positions from city hall to the school board to public works and all the shyt. We got that in spades...
Watching black folk live in black middle and upper middle class neighborhoods is a benefit, so many cities have so little of this. Like with Sacramento, because there's no single neighborhood that reaches 30% black, there's no black middle class neighborhood; the black middle class in Sac lives immersed into neighborhoods with more of everyone else. Rich black folk live in neighborhoods surrounded by everyone else...
Richmond is similar, despite being 42% black, there is only 2-3 areas that are black middle class. Everyone else middle class and black, and wealthy, in Rich move into blended areas where there's more of everyone else...
Carolina cities have distinct BLACK hoods where we are doing well..
At this point being in North Carolina gives you a domestic face card
. I flew into El Paso yesterday and will be here two months, while waiting for the company van with a girl from Orlando, when I told her I live in NC she was like "I wanna move there so bad". This happened when I was in Idaho too; happened when I was in Upstate NY and was around many New Yorkers with NC as one of their top southern destinations; in California NC isn't as big a destination as Texas but you run into this sentiment about NC every once in awhile...
Black people are excited to get to NC from other places and when you in other states people get excited to talk about NC with you...
