NYC.
Feels like there's considerably more black people in NYC compared to LA.
Better nightlife too.
Not even feels like. There’s 2M black peoples in NYC. That’s comparable to the entire state of California
I wanna check out Los Angeles and San Francisco but just due to the lack of Black people in both places I would never live there....
As a fact there's many more black people in NY but a couple things I want to point out:
•there are parts of NY you can go to and definitely not see many black people, so when people use this as an indictment on LA, I dont understand it. In Manhattan, I definitely saw black folk, but it was far, far from a chocolate city and there was way more of everyone else around than black folk...
If you're looking specifically for black-dominant areas, without a doubt there are more in NY but these areas also exist in LA, which takes me to my next point...
•I've pointed out time and again that when most people visit LA, they aren't going to the black areas, and no, a random trip to Crenshaw isn't close to experiencing all of what Black LA has to offer...
There is a bubble, of roughly ~300,000 people more or less, that spans ~28 square miles along Westside South Central and includes parts of The Gar, Inglewood and up to Culver,
that is over 50% black. If you spend considerable time in this bubble part of LA you would never feel like there weren't black people in LA and this region I'm talking about is bursting with vibrant black culture...
Just for context of what we're talking about: 300,000 people is effectively the size of cities like St Louis, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati, none of which are 50% black. So we're talking about a slice of LA that is far denser abd more urban and blacker with the same amount of people St Louis has...
For further context, 300,000 people is roughly the same amount of people you have combined in Crown Heights + Bed Stuy, and those two neighborhoods are roughly 55-60% black combined. So we're talking about a region of LA, with the same amount of people as Bed Stuy + Crown Heights, with roughly the same amount of black people as well...
Nobody goes to Bed-Stuy or Crown Heights and claim they can't see black people or black culture because its everywhere. Similarly, the part of LA im talking about is the cultural heartbeat and center of Black LA and is rich with all kinds of black history and culture....
This isn't the only black area of Los Angeles, but its the largest circumference you can still have 50% black population in 2020...
•San Francisco is an entirely different bag and should not be mentioned in any conversation of blackness. Its the worst major city for black people in the entire country with literally no black culture left besides hood shyt. Any thought that it and LA are similar in depth of blackness is way off...
•the most recent '19 estimates put Black NY at ~1.8 million, down from ~2.1 million in '10, a decline of 13.39% in NY's black population 2010-2019...
In comparison, Black LA in '19 had ~331k, down from ~365k in '10 which is a decline of 9.32% in LA's black population 2010-2019...
LA had a 20 year run where it bled out most of its black population, the worst of that is over and within a decade it will stabilize. Regardless, LA is STILL a major destination for American blacks...
I do get if overall the diversity of black culture abd the greater overall size of our community is the tipping point, I'm just pointing out for those who don't know, there is plenty of black culture left in LA. Its a long way from SF and the direction Oakland is headed...
I prefer New York City. The City is culturally richer than LA, you're able to do everything in the City.
This is a blanket statement I disagree with...
LA's culture is impacted by the hundreds of ethnicities that call LA home as well as LA's climate and unique history. NY's culture is
older, more established, so its different. I definitely don't think its richer...
There is nothing your money can buy you in NY, nothing you can't see in regards to physical things to be had, that you also can't do in LA. Cultural opposites for sure but neither superior to the other...
