What are the best cities for blacks?

[Malik1time]

Any brehs live in Charlotte?
After I stack up money in nursing I want to move down there
I like threads like this

 

[reasonable_doubter]

for black men, arizona, new mexico..... the non-cali southwest of the u.s.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

-Black crowd
-Good job prospects
-Women
-Good COL
-Chill atmosphere with things to do.

Realistically speaking the only cities that can make a case for having all of these amenities while having a lot of black folks is Charlotte, Philly, Chicago, Houston, and Dallas.

But people who watch the news too much will be scared to move to Philly or Chicago so it looks like Charlotte, Houston and Dallas is the winner.

NYC, DC, LA, Miami, Oakland, New Orleans and even Atlanta (in the actual city) have COL issues.

Also I’m under the belief that black women look the same everywhere so that wouldn’t even be a realistic concern for me.

For me personally I’ve never visited an “affordable” city that I actually liked so the only place that excites me for being black outside of NYC and having fun is DC and Atlanta.

I haven’t been to Chicago since my teens and need to rediscover the city. But I’m sure outside of negative stuff it’s a dope place. Use to stay in Rogers Park back in the day.

 

[Ol’Otis]

You don't bang cuz? Don't lie to me my nikka, you look real familiar cuz.

We supposed to be brudda’s

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Op mentioned COL and y’all in here talking about expensive ass DC, NYC, or Chicago where brehs making 6 gigs gotta have roommates to survive




ATL is the best overall using a combination of those metrics you’re looking for OP. Everybody else just battling for second place.

ATL is not a cheap city and one of the most rent burdened cities in America.

It’s 2019 and you guys are still preaching this Myth?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

for black men, arizona, new mexico..... the non-cali southwest of the u.s.

Why New Mexico?

 

[MikelArteta]

If I could live in any American city it would be Dallas

 

[dj-method-x]

ATL is not a cheap city and one of the most rent burdened cities in America.

It’s 2019 and you guys are still preaching this Myth?

ATL is only rent burden if u want to stay inside 285. Still cannot beat the home prices and rent in the burbs. Even inside the perimeter we’re not paying anywhere close to the 3k for rent a shytty studio like y’all do up north or out west. COL here is still cheap as hell compared to any of the major cities outside of Houston and Dallas, and we’re not really that much higher than them.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

ATL is only rent burden if u want to stay inside 285. Still cannot beat the home prices and rent in the burbs. Even inside the perimeter we’re not paying anywhere close to the 3k for rent a shytty studio like y’all do up north or out west. COL here is still cheap as hell compared to any of the major cities outside of Houston and Dallas, and we’re not really that much higher than them.

Do you know what rent burdened means?

People who pay 3K for a shytty studio
typically aren’t rent burdened. Neither are people who live in nice communities.

It’s usually the middle class, working class and poor people who have these issues.

None of what you’re saying means anything if Atlanta is considered one of the top 20 rent burdened cities in America. Clearly a good amount of the people living there is paying a lot of their income on rent.

 

[BigMan]

A better question is what’s the best cities outside the south

 

[desjardins]

Philly if you make over $40k and can afford to stay out of the hood
Houston, Atlanta, and Toronto too

 

[Wink Beaufield]

A better question is what’s the best cities outside the south

Outside the south? Bmore, Chicago and Philly based on OP's criteria for low COL.

 

[KodeBlue]

 

[Jean Jacket]

Dallas. Silver Spring. Charlotte. Huntsville (engineers). Virginia Beach. NYC. Diego for the weather and quality of life minus COL.

 

[MJ Truth]

everywhere is sweet when you got money*

Really what it comes down to. For you broke boys out there the city ain’t gonna make that much of a difference for you, still gonna be broke.