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Would You Live in a Neighborhood which is Predominantly African-American?

Would you (gladly) live in a predomantly African-American neighborhood?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 20 54.1%

  • No.

    Votes: 16 43.2%

  • I would say no, but am afraid of being called a racist.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I am a hypocrite and will say yes even though i mean no.

    Votes: 1 2.7%
  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .
soccerboy22 said:
HAHA. Although I would live on the street if it meant I could eat Chinese food from San Fran Chinatown. By far the best Chinatown I have EVER been to.
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True dat..... 2nd best to me. Nyc is first. Only cause i know where to go. If i didnt know where to go, i'd give the nod to sf. Its that close.
 
Meathead said:
That is clear. I was more interested in if people would (gladly live...). I seriously doubt many would. Political correctness is my pet peeve, and I've yet to hear in substance from them.
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Crime rate is a major factor to many people. Dominant race of an area is a minor consideration for some, and a major consideration for very, very few people.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
True dat..... 2nd best to me. Nyc is first. Only cause i know where to go. If i didnt know where to go, i'd give the nod to sf. Its that close.
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Yeah, whenever I went to NYC's Chinatown it was almost hit and miss because I didn't know where to go. The same thing in Boston when I first moved there. But San Fran, I don't think I ever made a bad decision on where to eat. The problem was when walking into a place that only spoke Chinese.
 
I would not subject my family to the risk...to deny this increased violence is rather stupid. Reality dictates, I am not safe there, nor are my loved ones (being caucasian)...bit though I see this reality, I can see others.

I may not be a bigot...but I am far from stupid.
 
Meathead said:
An article about Zimmerman jarred me into posting this poll. The question is simple. Would you live in a neighborhood which is predominantly African-American?
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I've lived in both, but in reality it doesn't come down to race for me. I simply want to live in an upstanding, safe, community of citizens. It is however a sad statistical fact that the more predominantly african-american neighborhoods generally have higher crime rates. Without being racist, and given that fact, I would generally say no.
 
My choices of where I will reside rely upon safety, simply modern architecture, the space itself, access to city and access to nature trails to hike, no crime, friendly and wholesome neighbors, minimal noise, city services (police, sewer etc), no use of pesticides or poisons, water has to be pure to name a few of my criteria.

I really do not think race would ever be an issue if this neighborhood consisted of a different race.

Realistically because what I am describing is difficult to find and black people are more slowly moving up the socio economic scale then most neighborhoods like the one I am describing are not a single race.

I live in a region that is predominantly cracker white.

In fact any race that shared my values and desire for community would be welcome neighbors for me.
 
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roguenuke said:
Crime rate is a major factor to many people. Dominant race of an area is a minor consideration for some, and a major consideration for very, very few people.
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I disagree. People like to be around thier own. Lodi,nj is heavily italian, pearl river ny is about 90 percent irish...nothing wrong with that, just what people are comfortable with.

I was rasied in very multicutural, ethnic, whatever neighborhoods and didnt discover this until i went into the usaf.... I was urban street smart, but blind to how the rest of the world was at the time. I still am instinctually.
 
soccerboy22 said:
Yeah, whenever I went to NYC's Chinatown it was almost hit and miss because I didn't know where to go. The same thing in Boston when I first moved there. But San Fran, I don't think I ever made a bad decision on where to eat. The problem was when walking into a place that only spoke Chinese.
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Are you kidding? When i walked into a place that only spoke chinese i was psyched!
 
tecoyah said:
I would not subject my family to the risk...to deny this increased violence is rather stupid. Reality dictates, I am not safe there, nor are my loved ones (being caucasian)...bit though I see this reality, I can see others.

I may not be a bigot...but I am far from stupid.
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I never really thought about it. We bought a house in englewood, nj that was in a predominetly african american area, it was a lovely neighborhood, and thats what i look for, where we live bow, the neighbors are mostly white, though everyone had ten acres so i am mostly speculating....
 
Josie said:
A hot, single, young male neighbor who will mow my lawn shirtless is what I look for.... :p
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roughdraft274 said:
I would, but there aren't any around here that aren't in terribly unsafe areas. With that said my best neighbors are the black family across the street.

There are also many predominantly white neighborhoods around here (trailer parks lol) that I wouldn't move into for the same reasons.
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That, pretty much.

My state is, IIRC, somewhere around 30% African-American. We have lots of large black neighborhoods. I've spent a LOT of time in them, mostly working, for various reasons.

I know some all-black neighborhoods that are nice places and probably pretty safe.... but all too many are beset by poverty, crime and drugs.

I wouldn't want to live in an area with crime problems, regardless of what the predominant race was.


I probably wouldn't choose to live in a nice predominately black neighborhood anyway.... because I know, for a fact, some of those neighborhoods do not WANT white people moving in and aren't bashful about making that crystal clear and plain. Buying into potential trouble around home just seems like a bad idea.

Sorry if that sounds racist but facts are facts.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Are you kidding? When i walked into a place that only spoke chinese i was psyched!
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Oh I was excited just the first few times it was hard ordering with the language barrier. Once I learned a decent amount of Chinese to order, they are beyond my favorite places.
 
Meathead said:
An article about Zimmerman jarred me into posting this poll. The question is simple. Would you live in a neighborhood which is predominantly African-American?
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The side of town I live in is considered the black side of town and I have practically lived the majority of my life on this side of town. So I would have no problem living in a mostly black neighborhood. Now I would avoid trying to live in a neighborhood that had mostly single mothers and parents with teenagers regardless of the resident color of skin.Teenagers have a tendency to do mischief and single mothers means that while the parent is away at work the kids are up to no good.
 
I can say, some of the parts of Boston I try to avoid are white neighborhoods. Parts of Southie and Charlestown are just not inviting to live in.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
I disagree. People like to be around thier own. Lodi,nj is heavily italian, pearl river ny is about 90 percent irish...nothing wrong with that, just what people are comfortable with.

I was rasied in very multicutural, ethnic, whatever neighborhoods and didnt discover this until i went into the usaf.... I was urban street smart, but blind to how the rest of the world was at the time. I still am instinctually.
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But is that because the people now, buying homes are looking at the race/ethnicity/background of their neighbors, or is it because of the area being close to family or the area they want to live in for their income level.

I do think there are some people who consider race/ethnic background of the people in the area to be important. But I believe that there a whole load of other factors that outweigh this concern and that might also be more of the true deciding factor for where someone lives. I also believe that we will see a much bigger blending of younger generations than we have now. It is at least a smaller factor in the minds of most within mine and subsequent generations. Most of us have a lot more to concern ourselves with than the race of those within our neighborhoods, including the attitudes/behaviors of those within our neighborhoods.
 
Meathead said:
An article about Zimmerman jarred me into posting this poll. The question is simple. Would you live in a neighborhood which is predominantly African-American?
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Uhm why would I care and why would it matter LOL

of course I would if thats the only description you are giving me and I get to make up the rest.

For example if I was house shopping and I found a house I liked, in the school district I wanted, near my employment I buy the house :shrug:

I think not buying would be stupid and moronic based on the ONE thing you provided

If while Im visiting the house I see . . . .<big gasp> . . .BLACK PEOPLE! . . . . uhm, I still buy the house :lamo
 
roguenuke said:
But is that because the people now, buying homes are looking at the race/ethnicity/background of their neighbors, or is it because of the area being close to family or the area they want to live in for their income level.

I do think there are some people who consider race/ethnic background of the people in the area to be important. But I believe that there a whole load of other factors that outweigh this concern and that might also be more of the true deciding factor for where someone lives. I also believe that we will see a much bigger blending of younger generations than we have now. It is at least a smaller factor in the minds of most within mine and subsequent generations. Most of us have a lot more to concern ourselves with than the race of those within our neighborhoods, including the attitudes/behaviors of those within our neighborhoods.
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My neighborhood is at least 50% Spanish and Polish (probably first or second generation immigrants). What happens is that people get recommendations from friends and family on where to live, so there's some segregation that happens in that way. As for Realtors? Want to make a Realtor squirm? Ask him to show you homes in an all-white neighborhood. Or Jewish neighborhood. Or Spanish neighborhood. :rofl

Only ask if you don't like him, since you won't hear from him again, by the way.
 
roguenuke said:
But is that because the people now, buying homes are looking at the race/ethnicity/background of their neighbors, or is it because of the area being close to family or the area they want to live in for their income level.

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I do think there are some people who consider race/ethnic background of the people in the area to be important. But I believe that there a whole load of other factors that outweigh this concern and that might also be more of the true deciding factor for where someone lives. I also believe that we will see a much bigger blending of younger generations than we have now. It is at least a smaller factor in the minds of most within mine and subsequent generations. Most of us have a lot more to concern ourselves with than the race of those within our neighborhoods, including the attitudes/behaviors of those within our neighborhoods.
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"I wouldn't buy an apartment in an area because of the proliferation of black people but for a lack of irish people...."


That would be if i cared. But i dont. But i understand it.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
"I wouldn't buy an apartment in an area because of the proliferation of black people but for a lack of irish people...."


That would be if i cared. But i dont. But i understand it.
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Which is a little bit different than what the OP is asking. In fact, since he doesn't even ask what race/ethnicity the person answering the question is, then it suggests that no one would want to live in a neighborhood that was predominantly African-American, even another black person.
 
roguenuke said:
Which is a little bit different than what the OP is asking. In fact, since he doesn't even ask what race/ethnicity the person answering the question is, then it suggests that no one would want to live in a neighborhood that was predominantly African-American, even another black person.
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Yep thats what I was making note of too.
Should have made the pool public also. I dont do any polls without making them public to help protect them from spammers.

I dont know what he is trying to suggest because only he does but the OP is poorly worded with little to nothing to go on. Also as I have already said if that was anybody's ONLY factor in their decision then they have some real issues.
 
i don't pick my neighborhood based on racial makeup. since there's no "other" option because that wouldn't advance the push poll premise, i pick yes.
 
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