Forbes: Atlanta is where Black Americans are doing the best economically

[Apollo Creed]

I read a census projection book at my university library (warning: pic vio) that said once the baby boomers are dead brehs and latinos will outnumber cacs in Georgia 2 to 1.

I have on my plan to buy Farm land in rural GA, somewhere like Albany or outside ATL, imo Blacks can turn GA into an Agricultural beast, and let ATL be the tech and financial mecca for blacks.

 

[GunRanger]

17% of black people here own their own sole llcs. They have they highest capita for black owned businesses

From 2002 to 2007, the number of black-owned businesses increased by 60.5 percent to 1.9 million, more than triple the national rate of 18.0 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Business Owners. Over the same period, receipts generated by black-owned businesses increased 55.1 percent to $137.5 billion.
“Black-owned businesses continued to be one of the fastest growing segments of our economy, showing rapid growth in both the number of businesses and total sales during this time period,” said Census Bureau Deputy Director Thomas Mesenbourg.

These new data come from the Survey of Business Owners: Black-Owned Businesses: 2007. The survey provides detailed information every five years for black-owned businesses, including the number of firms, sales and receipts, number of paid employees and annual payroll.

Data are presented by geographic area (nation, state, county, city and metro area), industry and size of business. Preliminary national and state data were released in July 2010.

In 2007, nearly four in 10 black-owned businesses operated in the health care and social assistance; and repair, maintenance, personal and laundry services sectors. The retail trade and health care and social assistance sectors accounted for 27.4 percent of black-owned business revenue.

Among states, New York had 204,032 black-owned businesses and accounted for 10.6 percent of the nation's black-owned businesses, followed by Georgia, with 183,874 black-owned businesses (9.6 percent) and Florida, with 181,437 (9.4 percent).


Among counties, Cook, Ill., had the most black-owned businesses, with 83,733, accounting for 4.4 percent of all the nation's black-owned businesses. Los Angeles followed with 59,680 (3.1 percent) and Kings, N.Y., with 52,705 businesses (2.7 percent).


Among cities, New York had the most black-owned businesses, with 154,929 (8.1 percent of all the nation's black-owned businesses), followed by Chicago, with 58,631 (3.1 percent), Houston, with 33,062 (1.7 percent) and Detroit, with 32,490 (1.7 percent).

Other highlights:

• Of the 1.9 million black-owned businesses in 2007, 106,824 had paid employees, an increase of 13.0 percent from 2002. These businesses employed 921,032 people, an increase of 22.2 percent; their payrolls totaled $23.9 billion, an increase of 36.3 percent. Receipts from black-owned employer businesses totaled $98.9 billion, an increase of 50.2 percent from 2002.
• In 2007, 1.8 million black-owned businesses had no paid employees, an increase of 64.5 percent from 2002. These nonemployer businesses' receipts totaled $38.6 billion, an increase of 69.0 percent.
• The number of black-owned businesses with receipts of $1 million or more increased by 35.4 percent to 14,507 between 2002 and 2007.

The Survey of Business Owners defines black-owned businesses as firms in which blacks or African-Americans own 51 percent or more of the equity, interest or stock of the business. Additional reports from the survey highlighting other minority- and veteran-owned businesses will be issued over the next year. Subsequently, separate publications will be issued highlighting additional characteristics of all businesses and their owners.

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/business_ownership/cb11-24.html

 

[JamilALAmin]

i just want a thick chick who will have that ass and some food ready for me when i get home

Yeah then you gonna have a hard time finding that in the A. These Atlanta broads about being out and being seen, they not into that whole stay home and cook shyt like most southern girls are. If you in the A running in the streets then it's a good chance your girl is too. If you think you can get a cute broad here and just carve out your little nook and have her play the domestic role you'll be upset. If your woman cute then nikkas will be at her everytime she leaves the house. That shyt really is a meat market down there bruh and it's not for the jealous nikka at all. Back when I was home and single if I met even a halfway cute broad I would expect her to have some rappers, athlete's or other random rich nikka on her resume. It's just how it goes there

 

[Wild self]

People like to sh*t on HBCUs but them joints train you how to deal with CACs the only down fall is they push climbing the corporate ladder more than showing entrepreneurship is an option too.

HBCUs push entrepreneurship harder than anyone else. Believe me, HBCU with more black folk in it will make it better than any PWI institution. Some don't see it like that.

 

[Apollo Creed]

What about people with communication media arts degrees? Plus I have a father in the A who wants to help me with recording/filming. So I sorta have the connection. Been to the A a lot.

So does that help?

Atlanta has a huge film industry, a cat I went to school with has been on the crews for a ton of shows and a few movies (I know he was on set for Ride Along and Anchorman 2). The thing is ATL you have to hustle like any city. And I believe GA State and Clark are 2 of the best Communication programs in the southeast so I would assume there must be something good happening in the city.

 

[Mowgli]

I've lived in Cobb for years and have never gotten stopped or pulled over. Cobb has had a bad reputation for racial profiling in the 1980s and 1990s, but the county's population of color has exploded since then. But if you speed, ,The entire county is one giant speed trap. Cops are hiding in motorcycles behind bushes and shyt.

If they did stop and frisk here, half the cpunty would be on probation. I swear everyone in Conb under 35 is a massive stoner.

Bruh please. You drive through cobb counter after 11pm and you straight status. Only people diving the streets are the cops. I wouldnt even drive buzzed through them streets.

Well i wouldnt do it again, i was trashed when i drove them streets

 

[Apollo Creed]

Bruh please. You drive through cobb counter after 11pm and you straight status. Only people diving the streets are the cops. I wouldnt even drive buzzed through them streets.

Well i wouldnt do it again, i was trashed when i drove them streets

Once you pass White Waters on Cobb Parkway heading towards Kennesaw its pretty much a wrap for any colored. lol

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Atlanta has a huge film industry, a cat I went to school with has been on the crews for a ton of shows and a few movies (I know he was on set for Ride Along and Anchorman 2). The thing is ATL you have to hustle like any city. And I believe GA State and Clark are 2 of the best Communication programs in the southeast so I would assume there must be something good happening in the city.

I'm not even 21 yet, but after I'm done with college and become financially stable the places the look the ideal for me to move to is either Savannah, Atlanta or the DMV, but mostly Atlanta. I live in NY and as a black person its not doing it for me.

But anyways back to your post. Is the film industry in the A expanding like some people make it out to be? Is it really becoming the "black Hollywood?" Because that's one of the ideal reasons why I want to move there.

 

[Mowgli]

Once you pass White Waters on Cobb Parkway heading towards Kennesaw its pretty much a wrap for any colored. lol

I was out there for the holiday. Atlanta is a small city and the social component is crucial to anyone moving there. Most people do the same shyt every week but its the companionship that helps the monotony of that city.

 

[ben anderson]

Yeah then you gonna have a hard time finding that in the A. These Atlanta broads about being out and being seen, they not into that whole stay home and cook shyt like most southern girls are. If you in the A running in the streets then it's a good chance your girl is too. If you think you can get a cute broad here and just carve out your little nook and have her play the domestic role you'll be upset. If your woman cute then nikkas will be at her everytime she leaves the house. That shyt really is a meat market down there bruh and it's not for the jealous nikka at all. Back when I was home and single if I met even a halfway cute broad I would expect her to have some rappers, athlete's or other random rich nikka on her resume. It's just how it goes there

. my aunt telling me its a ratio of like 4 women to 1 nikka, and you drop this bomb on me. i guess im staying in maryland smfh. i had dreams of wifing up a ditzy country broad from the A who just likes to cook and fukk (me only)

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

Yeah then you gonna have a hard time finding that in the A. These Atlanta broads about being out and being seen, they not into that whole stay home and cook shyt like most southern girls are. If you in the A running in the streets then it's a good chance your girl is too. If you think you can get a cute broad here and just carve out your little nook and have her play the domestic role you'll be upset. If your woman cute then nikkas will be at her everytime she leaves the house. That shyt really is a meat market down there bruh and it's not for the jealous nikka at all. Back when I was home and single if I met even a halfway cute broad I would expect her to have some rappers, athlete's or other random rich nikka on her resume. It's just how it goes there

Tell em breh. This aint the "southern belle" city.

 

[Lord Brehlinger]

. my aunt telling me its a ratio of like 4 women to 1 nikka, and you drop this bomb on me. i guess im staying in maryland smfh. i had dreams of wifing up a ditzy country broad from the A who just likes to cook and fukk (me only)

4:1 ratio

 

[Apollo Creed]

I'm not even 21 yet, but after I'm done with college and become financially stable the places the look the ideal for me to move to is either Savannah, Atlanta or the DMV, but mostly Atlanta. I live in NY and as a black person its not doing it for me.

But anyways back to your post. Is the film industry in the A expanding like some people make it out to be? Is it really becoming the "black Hollywood?" Because that's one of the ideal reasons why I want to move there.

As long as GA is giving tax breaks companies will shoot movies here, the thing is North GA, ATL, and South GA literally look like every state in America, ATL can be flipped to look like generic major cities, North GA has mountains, South GA has beaches and rural land so its easy for any type of movie to be filmed here. And there are multiple movie studios being built in town. Savannah is a waste of time unless you plan on going to SCAD, even then ATL has a SCAD campus, but in Savannah SCAD has all of the legit facility member and is the "prestigious" campus.

 

[_Anghellic_]

. my aunt telling me its a ratio of like 4 women to 1 nikka, and you drop this bomb on me. i guess im staying in maryland smfh. i had dreams of wifing up a ditzy country broad from the A who just likes to cook and fukk (me only)

the hoes like that on my side of the sticks, but over there in the ATL? nah nikka

 

[JamilALAmin]

Bruh please. You drive through cobb counter after 11pm and you straight status. Only people diving the streets are the cops. I wouldnt even drive buzzed through them streets.

Well i wouldnt do it again, i was trashed when i drove them streets

Yeah this dude right here does have a point.