The Making & Unmaking of Modern Atlanta: Is the "Black Mecca" Eroding?

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Of course, if you're a burger flipper, you can always find work. No disrepect to you, breh.

We're talking about Black professionals.

 

[ejthompson23]

Of course, if you're a burger flipper, you can always find work. No disrepect to you, breh.

We're talking about Black professionals.

Doesn’t matter, the city is dirt cheap...anything you do here for a check will pay your rent you nikkas exaggerating...I had a 2 bedroom apartment in east point for $680... $680 in Miami will get you a broom closet ATL not one of those “you have to be on point before you move there “ cities...it’s a dirt cheap southern city...

 

[K.Dot]

Might neg

 

[K.Dot]

Its like some of you guys are PRAYING that the Black middle class of the ATL gets destroyed. lol.

 

[Shadow King]

I never understood how a city with less than half a million people was considered a black Mecca.

It’s better cities down south for blacks.

Atlanta isn't a 2 million person city its still 50-60 percent black.

The Atlanta metro area is damn near 6 million people. Your post is like limiting NYC to Manhattan

Isn't the metro area whiter than the city proper?

 

[TRY GOD]

I moved to the A from Charlotte with a BS. Couldn't get a good job in Charlotte, so I moved to Atlanta with $400 to my name, with one of my best friends (who is a skilled professional).

Couldn't get a decent gig here yet either


However moving here has been nothing but a positive growth experience for me. Im making more money here than I ever did back in Charlotte

And Ive gotten allot of job looks, whether it be wage slaving, call center, or insurance, none of these looks were happening for me in Charlotte


At the moment Im working a trade job, saving my money, bout to get my certs up, bout to get a good whip, and ditch this roomate shyt

All in all ATL, and Georgia have been good to me, even tho it hasn't given me much, it has made me self reliant



If you trying to grind and make yourself a better person, ATL is definitely a good place to start, better than moving to Cali or NYC, failing, and getting fukked

 

[Boogie]

Atlanta isn't a 2 million person city its still 50-60 percent black.

Isn't the metro area whiter than the city proper?

Atlanta went from 60% black in the 90s to 51% black today. It’s gone be the NYC of the south.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Isn't the metro area whiter than the city proper?

I don't know, I've never been. Seems like a silly thing to worry about anyway, there are plenty of black people in Atlanta

 

[Shadow King]

Atlanta went from 60% black in the 90s to 51% black today. It’s gone be the NYC of the south.

Unless Atlanta posters can tell us they're being priced out of the city and into the suburbs then nah not really. And NYC has never been majority black.

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

Unless Atlanta posters can tell us they're being priced out of the city and into the suburbs then nah not really. And NYC has never been majority black.

People ARE being priced out of the city. I moved to the WORST part of College Park for a year (Old Nat/Godby) because Vinings (North ATL) raised the rents for the new Braves stadium.

I'm back in the northside now but everyone understands the divide of I-20. All the "good" jobs are in Alpharetta. My job was in Kennesaw. The drive from CP (next to the airport) to there was brutal.

 

[Shadow King]

People ARE being priced out of the city. I moved to the WORST part of College Park for a year (Old Nat/Godby) because Vinings (North ATL) raised the rents for the new Braves stadium.

I'm back in the northside now but everyone understands the divide of I-20. All the "good" jobs are in Alpharetta. My job was in Kennesaw. The drive from CP (next to the airport) to there was brutal.

Okay. Funny thing priced out for yall is probably a steal up here.

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

Used to have So So Def and BMF billboards when I visited my auntie as a kid.

Now we got....