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[deltadred]

Reppin' Brooklyn to the fullest
but on the real, you can't beat New York City
From NYU(Manhattan),Brooklyn(Brooklyn),Fordham(Bronx)an d
all the other fine colleges and univerities in NYC there's
nothing greater especially if your looking for diveristy

[PhDiva]

I'm in Los Angeles. The housing prices and traffic are out of control but if you become a resident, in-state tuition (for the Cal States) is cheap and schools are abundant. Of course, there are plenty of things to do and the weather is nice. Though I'm engaged, dating in LA was hard for a sista.

Good luck in your search

PhDiva

[lovelyivy84]

Any city except the one where I live is better, lol.

I have seen about 10 black people, more than half over the age of 70 and they all try to get me to go to church with them. There's no industry except for construction (which is run on illegal immigrant labor). It sucks.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by lovelyivy84

Any city except the one where I live is better, lol.

I have seen about 10 black people, more than half over the age of 70 and they all try to get me to go to church with them. There's no industry except for construction (which is run on illegal immigrant labor). It sucks.

and you stay because...? i always wondered why people stayed in locations that they don't like. there's enough of this country to make moves.

[BrooklynCutie]

Originally Posted by deltadred

Reppin' Brooklyn to the fullest
but on the real, you can't beat New York City
From NYU(Manhattan),Brooklyn(Brooklyn),Fordham(Bronx)an d
all the other fine colleges and univerities in NYC there's
nothing greater especially if your looking for diveristy

Thats right!!! Brooklyn put your lighters up!!!

I am also a Brooklyn College 2006 graduate.

I love NYC I just hate how much it cost to live here!

[RhoPsiDST]

Wow, I was about to boast about Houston, click on the link, and the first 2 people of from H-town. Way to represent!

[Luckie1922]

FBI 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the USA
1. St. Louis, MO
2, Detroit, MI
3. Flint, MI
4. Compton, CA
5. Camden, NJ
6. Birmingham, AL
7. Cleveland, OH
8. Oakland, CA
9. Youngstown, OH
10. Gary, IN

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Luckie1922

8. Oakland, CA

To clarify, that would be East and West Oakland. (read lower income etc..)The Oakland Hills are full of million dollar homes but you never hear about the hills.

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by LB1914
No offense, but I couldn't stand San Diego when I lived there('89-'90)

At that time there was no BET(BET was actually good back then)and the one Black radio station that they had disappeared. It reappeared a year later, but at that time we had moved from North Park to Carmel Mountain Ranch and you could barely catch it out there

I won't even get into the gang situation. Of course parts of East San Diego and South East San Diego weren't plush, but fools that lived all the way in Poway and Escondido still had the nerve to try to bang

CTFU. I take no offense.

And I remember what happened to XHRM-FM (92.5). The owners snatched it back from Willie Morrow, the hair entrepreneur who created a jheri curl manque called the California Curl,just as a piece of trivia, because they felt WM was narrowly programming it to Southeast S.D., my home area. They believed that it could pick up Latino and Asian listeners.

Can't comment about gangs. Not my expertise.

[CrimsonTide4]

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[3strikes]

I am originally from Ohio, but I decided to move to New York for my 3 year graduate program (architecture). Anyway location to me was very important because I wanted to have post college connections and I thought that would be easier to rather than just to find a job up here from somewhere else.My sister moved up here and attended NYU and I attend Parsons School of Design. The good thing about NY is that there are many colleges to choose from so you cannot go wrong.

On the other hand I wonder sometimes if it is worth it. Everything is crazy expensive so I don't get to enjoy what the city has to offer. I guess being from Ohio everything is relatively cheap/inexpensive. I am from Cleveland, went to school in Northwest Ohio and Columbus is becoming a popular place too. And although I love Harlem, I could not see myself living here for a long time because I want to be a homeowner eventually and start a family. Most people are renters or a co-op if you are lucky and commuting from NJ or Long Island is too much for me.

Out of all the cities, I have a friend that lives in Nashville, Tennessee. I had my notions about how it would be but they have several schools Fisk, Vanderbuilt and my friend became a homeowner at the age of 24, so housing is reasonable and jobs as well. The weather is relatively nice too.

Deciding on where to live is hard but I rather be in a good city rather than be somewhere I hate and going to a school I like.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by 3strikes

I am originally from Ohio,

I am from Cleveland,

Charlotte is now my home and I loooooooooove it. I pray I can move to the uptown area one day.

[PerfectVerse06]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

Charlotte is now my home and I loooooooooove it. I pray I can move to the uptown area one day.

I just moved to Charlotte 3 weeks ago!

[1browngirl]

Originally Posted by PerfectVerse06

I just moved to Charlotte 3 weeks ago!

Wow! Welcome to the Queen City. I've been here just over a year now.

[TotallyWicked]

Well I am from Chicago...I am proud to say that I am!

Good Points:
-So many things to do! Downtown always has things going on and the ourskirts of downtown have alot of fun places to go to for the entire family (e.g. Navy Pier, Field Museum, Sears Tower, John Hancock).
-Good eating! Chicago is very diverse and it's reflected in our diet We have food ranging from Soul Food, Mexican, Indian, Greek, Italian (DEEP DISH IS THE CITY'S DISH), Chinese, Ethiopian, Nigerian, Russian, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Polish and many more

-Very Diverse! The neighborhood where my school is located (Rogers Park) is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the nation, you can find pretty much everyone from everywhere here!

-Various cultural institutions! Being that Chicago has one of the largest Black populations in the country, it is not too difficult to find some culture in the city from the DuSable Museum of African American History, RAINBOW/PUSH Coalition, Nation Of Islam, Bronzeville, Chatham, Hyde Park, Kenwood, South Shore and Harvey, IL. Chicago is also home to one of the largest Mexican populations in the world, so again you can find alot of culture in the neighborhoods of Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards, the SW Side, and museums like the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Museum of Mexican American culture, the art galleries in Pilsen and Little Village.

Bad Points:
-Very Segregated. Chicago, I believe, is the #1 Metropolis in regards to segregation. It is also very overt (tracks/viaducts/parks), so you can easily see who lives where. The "El" line services also reflect the disparities as there are more stops and frequent service in public transportation among richer, predominantly white neighborhoods than in poorer, Black neighborhoods (even a Black Middle Class Neighborhood like Chatham doesn't get great service compared to the North Side neighborhoods of Wrigleyville, Boystown, and Lincoln Park).

-HORRIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. While we are lucky compared to other cities, the service can be better! A good amount of the city takes public transportation but the same woes arise regarding construction, frequency, late arrivals/departures, and disparities among neighborhoods as mentioned before, lack of public transportation in depressed neighborhoods only contributes to degression of these neighborhoods as it is the only means of getting to work, since there are little to no jobs in the neighborhood.

-Politics, Dirty Politics. Things ranging from Gentrification, corruption in city hall, police activity, are still alive in my city. The one that hits closest to home is Gentrification as "Da Mare" is quickly pushing out low income folks (dominantly of color), out to the burbs by approving the building of condos and townhomes in their neighborhoods, it seems as a new shift is occuring where more residents of color are being pushed out of the inner city and moved to the inner ring suburbs and outskirts of the city, and more suburbanites are moving into the inner city.