The Existential Erosion of Black Los Angeles

[im_sleep]

That article hit on so much stuff I grew up hearing from older folks.

Seeing that decline in real time has been no joke.

I have a great-Aunt left in Compton, that’s it. Everybody else is either out in the IE, Sacramento, or Arizona smh.

 

[Mowgli]

Almost 800k black people in LA county.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

That article hit on so much stuff I grew up hearing from older folks.

Seeing that decline in real time has been no joke.

I have a great-Aunt left in Compton, that’s it. Everybody else is either out in the IE, Sacramento, or Arizona smh.

Sacramento is losing Black ppl too
I think phx is gaining them tho

 

[murksiderock]

crazy thing is, it's like this everywhere

so where are people supposed to escape to? there's no alternative

This is my point, alota shyt mf's complain about in LA is in other areas too.

 

[murksiderock]

Sacramento is losing Black ppl to
I think phx is gaining them tho

Sacramento is allegedly losing black people. We've never had a loss of Black people in a decennial Census...

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Sacramento is allegedly losing black people. We've never had a loss of Black people in a decennial Census...

I use the demographic stats on wiki

 

[The BasedFather]

Plan on moving to SoCal soon from Michigan

 

[murksiderock]

I use the demographic stats on wiki

If you're using that then you know we've never lost black people in a Census...

The difference with Sac and other big Cali cities is historically we never had a large black population. Everywhere else had more black people sooner...

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Sacramento is allegedly losing black people. We've never had a loss of Black people in a decennial Census...

Black Americans are moving to Phoenix in historic numbers looking for a better life. Few are finding it.

Phoenix is America’s fastest-growing city, driven in large part by an influx of new Black residents. But building a sustainable community there is a challenge.

capitalbnews.org

Thousands of Black people are moving to Arizona. What's the vision to welcome them?

Without vision, a new migration pattern could leave metro Phoenix susceptible to problems that have plagued Black communities across the nation.

www.azcentral.com

PhxSoul.com: Where Do Black People Live in the Phoenix Area?

A lot of out-of-towners have asked me about diversity and the best places to live in Phoenix. They basically want to know Where Do Black People Live in the Phoenix Area?! Some people want to know if the Valley of the Sun has an All-Black Neighborhood. The answer is No. Black people amount to 7...

www.phxsoul.com

I moved there in 2010, and then back home, and back out there I forgot what year

All together I stayed out there like 6 to 8 years

I'm a pioneer

 

[murksiderock]

Black Americans are moving to Phoenix in historic numbers looking for a better life. Few are finding it.

Phoenix is America’s fastest-growing city, driven in large part by an influx of new Black residents. But building a sustainable community there is a challenge.

capitalbnews.org

Thousands of Black people are moving to Arizona. What's the vision to welcome them?

Without vision, a new migration pattern could leave metro Phoenix susceptible to problems that have plagued Black communities across the nation.

www.azcentral.com

PhxSoul.com: Where Do Black People Live in the Phoenix Area?

A lot of out-of-towners have asked me about diversity and the best places to live in Phoenix. They basically want to know Where Do Black People Live in the Phoenix Area?! Some people want to know if the Valley of the Sun has an All-Black Neighborhood. The answer is No. Black people amount to 7...

www.phxsoul.com

I moved there in 2010, and then back home, and back out there I forgot what year

All together I stayed out there like 6 to 8 years

I'm a pioneer

I'm talking about Sacramento...

Phoenix and Vegas have been attracting black people in droves for 30 years now. What did you like about Phoenix?

 

[im_sleep]

Sacramento is losing Black ppl to
I think phx is gaining them tho

I wouldn’t doubt it, I was last out there in 21’. There definitely felt like more of us compared to what I noticed in the past but our overall footprint in the city still felt lacking.


Out west, we’re so spread out so thin nowadays it’s a shame. I don’t think we’ll have see the kind of concentrations of Black folks we had in LA, Oakland, etc.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I'm talking about Sacramento...

Phoenix and Vegas have been attracting black people in droves for 30 years now. What did you like about Phoenix?

I know, I just wanted to bring it up

Nothing but that they had jobs out there

I quit a job I had for 5 months in another state that let you come home for a month, and you came back on another tour

I had a layover in phoenix on my way back home, and stayed there because I knew I'd be sitting at my parents unemployed when I got back home

Being a minority in a major city was a culture shock

I wish I ended up in inglewood instead

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I wouldn’t doubt it, I was last out there in 21’. There definitely felt like more of us compared to what I noticed in the past but our overall footprint in the city still felt lacking.


Out west, we’re so spread out so thin nowadays it’s a shame. I don’t think we’ll have see the kind of concentrations of Black folks we had in LA, Oakland, etc.

Probably a reflection of our overall loss of community

Or lack of redlining

shyt bring it back I want Black cities and neighborhoods!

I'm joking...

 

[Belize King]

My family along with hundreds of Belizeans moved to South Central in the 80’s. My grandmother bought her house for under 100K. Same house is assessed at 700K. Many people probably sold and moved to the Inland Empire.

Last time I was there a few years back I saw Mexicans and some Asians moved into the neighborhood.

I don’t know if I’d move if the house was available to me. I tried buying the house when my Uncle moved back to Belize, but my Aunt ended up with it. Took out the equity and moved to Belize.

I love and miss LA, but I don’t like taxes. I don’t pay FED tax due to my job but I do pay state tax. GA gives me most if not all of it back. Idk if Cali would do the same. Them property taxes might kill a ninja. I’m paying 4K in GA right now for a 350k home. I can only imagine the taxes for a 700k home.

I can deal with the traffic. Did the smog get better?

SoCal is the GOAT location in the US. Best weather, Big Bear is not too far, Vegas is four hours away, the beach, no snow, Pachanga, etc. If Cali politics didn’t suck so much, I’d move back.

 

[Arithmetic]

It's a tragedy how much prime locations Black folks have gradually had to leave behind. The views, the weather, the value. LA, SF, Brooklyn, the list goes on