Which city is more diverse NYC or LA?

[Oceanicpuppy]

NYC has West Indians and Spanish West Indians, Africans, Random Assortment of Europeans, South Americans, Chinese, Hipsters Aframs, Trust fund hipsters, Backbackers, Indians, Buppies, Jewish, Yuppies Irish Americans, Italian Americans, and Canadians.

LA has Mexicans, Random Biracial, Tri-racial etc mixture, Republican Yuppies, Hippie Liberals, Central Americans, South American, Persians, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Obscure Asian country, May see sightings of real Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Black Republicans.

 

[Idaeo]

They're both diverse.

In NYC, the segregated groups live a little closer together and intermingle a bit more via subways, sidewalks....
LA the segregated groups are more...segregated, separated by trees and shyt...and everyone is in their own bubble of cars and scenes...

 

[Malik]

NYC. Without question. LA is almost 50% Hispanic. Mexicans dominate that city now. No one racial/ethnic group dominates NYC.

The racial/ethnic/cultural composition of Los Angeles as of the 2005-2009 American Community Survey was as follows:

• White: 41.3% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 29.4%)
• Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 47.5%
• Black or African American: 9.8%
• Native American: 0.5%
• Asian: 10.7%
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
• Other: 25.2%
• Two or more races: 2.8%

NYC

• White alone - 2,733,605 (32.8%)

• Hispanic - 2,406,890 (28.9%)

• Black alone - 1,885,882 (22.6%)

• Asian alone - 1,084,547 (13.0%)

• Two or more races - 132,854 (1.6%)

• Other race alone - 76,855 (0.9%)

• American Indian alone - 12,708 (0.2%)

• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 3,356 (0.04%)

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/New-York-New-York.html#ixzz3KiqDhOb5

 

[Michael's Black Son]

NY easily and all of these groups have to cross paths with each other one way or another.

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

They're both diverse.

In NYC, the segregated groups live a little closer together and intermingle a bit more via subways, sidewalks....
LA the segregated groups are more...segregated, separated by trees and shyt...and everyone is in their own bubble of cars and scenes...

NYC. Without question. LA is almost 50% Hispanic. Mexicans dominate that city now. No one racial/ethnic group dominates NYC.

I not believing NYC has a higher pacific islander population than LA, something fishy about that but other than that NYC wins with just about every group.

 

[Malik]

I not believing NYC has a higher pacific islander population than LA, something fishy about that but other than that NYC wins with just about every group.

It doesn't. You misread the numbers.

0.2% of LA is Pacific Islander.
0.04% of NYC is Pacific Islander.

 

[Idaeo]

Yes Mexicans are def in the majority are out here in LA...but there are ethnic pockets all over the region if you know where to look...Korean, Northern/Southern Thai, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Cantonese, Szechwan, Brazilian, Samoan, Filipino, etc...

When you're in Koreatown...it pretty much looks and feels like you're in Seoul. The separation of the ethnicities has its pro's and con's...but one plus is that it preserves the authenticity of the cultures. I've been put on to so much good ethnic food out here

 

[observe]

the bay is more diverse than LA tho

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

NY easily and all of these groups have to cross paths with each other one way or another.

basically.

LA loses on account of its not geographically limited to a particular area.

When people say LA they're referring to dozens of actual cities.

 

[BrothaZay]

NY

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

NYC easily

 

[3rdWorld]

NYC..most nationalities are there, nationalities you wont find a single person of in LA..

 

[sfgiants]

i've never even heard of guyanese anywhere on the west coast ... found about about that shyt in new york.

i think the only thing nyc doesnt have a lot or any of is samoans. everything LA has, nyc has, but not the other way around.

 

[Malta]

i've never even heard of guyanese anywhere on the west coast ... found about about that shyt in new york.

I know you were like when you heard some Jamaican sounding chick speaking, only to turn around and see an Indian looking broad speaking.

 

[andre patton]

basically.

LA loses on account of its not geographically limited to a particular area.

When people say LA they're referring to dozens of actual cities.

exactly. first off, its a silly question cause we all have different definitions of "diversity"...but other than that, NYC is one large city, while LA is essentially 20 different cities across 4 or 5 different counties.

new york is also an older city. you have clear distinctions between italians...n irish people..n greek people. in california, them nikkas is just white.


the obvious answer is also which city is geographically closer to the country of origin. LA has more asians cause its closer to asia. New york has more europeans cause its closer to europe.