What cities have potential to be the next black mecca?

[mamba]

There is class-ism in Atlanta among Black folks, wont even front. And its not even color based like some other southern cities, its all about where you went to school, who you know, and how much money you got among that circle here. But even with that, the single thing that separated us from other cities was one simple but fukking HUGE factor-The airport. We had Black leaders with vision back in the day that even tho they were from the elite circle, they knew that their fellow brothers who wasn't as fortunate was going to have to have a way to make decent LEGAL money. And they structured the airport in such a way thru corporate partnerships and city ordinances along with leveraging the cities location and history of transportation into something that would feed brehs pretty much for the foreseeable future. I dont think brehs not from the A realize how big the airport is, its one of the busiest and largest in the world and that whole area is full of entry level jobs you dont need a degree for. On the side I came up on, brehs going to college was def in the minority. If you wasn't running the streets, you went to HJIA and got a job either at the airport itself or one of the warehouses/businesses around it. It's like our port breh, shyt it basically is an inland port really. I can't walk thru the airport without seeing somebody I grew up with working in there, catching a flight for me is always like a baby HS reunion. And the city itself is gentrifying, rent going up like crazy, but areas like Decatur and Clayco aint going no where and if you a breh with no degree who gets on at Delta slinging bags, you can be a 40K nikka with a townhouse in Riverdale with a Charger in the driveway if you grind right for a few years. Thats not a bad life for a dude who came up with them circumstances if you ask me. Hellava lot better outlook for that same type of breh than in other cities.

Hartsfield is the #1 employer in Atlanta, right?

Brehs have been eating off that for a minute.

 

[beenz]

Dallas.

Charlotte is close.

I was very suprised at how many black people are down here in dallas. it's even a shytload in the workplace

you don't see lots of blacks in the office setting in the chi. especially men.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

There is class-ism in Atlanta among Black folks, wont even front. And its not even color based like some other southern cities, its all about where you went to school, who you know, and how much money you got among that circle here. But even with that, the single thing that separated us from other cities was one simple but fukking HUGE factor-The airport. We had Black leaders with vision back in the day that even tho they were from the elite circle, they knew that their fellow brothers who wasn't as fortunate was going to have to have a way to make decent LEGAL money. And they structured the airport in such a way thru corporate partnerships and city ordinances along with leveraging the cities location and history of transportation into something that would feed brehs pretty much for the foreseeable future. I dont think brehs not from the A realize how big the airport is, its one of the busiest and largest in the world and that whole area is full of entry level jobs you dont need a degree for. On the side I came up on, brehs going to college was def in the minority. If you wasn't running the streets, you went to HJIA and got a job either at the airport itself or one of the warehouses/businesses around it. It's like our port breh, shyt it basically is an inland port really. I can't walk thru the airport without seeing somebody I grew up with working in there, catching a flight for me is always like a baby HS reunion. And the city itself is gentrifying, rent going up like crazy, but areas like Decatur and Clayco aint going no where and if you a breh with no degree who gets on at Delta slinging bags, you can be a 40K nikka with a townhouse in Riverdale with a Charger in the driveway if you grind right for a few years. Thats not a bad life for a dude who came up with them circumstances if you ask me. Hellava lot better outlook for that same type of breh than in other cities.

That's a real ass post man. I'm from Augusta but know plenty folks who have worked at the airport. One thing I love about Atl is the hustlers mentality people got there. Some of the baddest chicks be out there hustling but you can't even tell! Man I've heard that getting on at Hartsfield is a big deal over there. Hell I thought about trying when I was determined to move to Atlanta lol. I decided to stay in my career field which was definitely a good idea

 

[JamilALAmin]

Hartsfield is the #1 employer in Atlanta, right?

Brehs have been eating off that for a minute.

Yeah I think so. You got whole areas where a good bit of the people work at the airport. The whole south side got a large amount of airport employees. Blue collar in Clayco and white collar in Fayette Co. You hit up night spots down south during the week and they have Airport employees night and stuff like that. Some brehs getting rich out there too. The construction and concessions contracts are insane, white folks hate that shyt cuz it's basically brehs juicing each other in, doing the same shyt they always do to us. My pops knows a family that owns just a few sandwich stands in HJIA, and their millionaires a few times over. And we talking just some basic snacks and sodas, if you got a restaurant out there you eating like crazy. You got a built in captive audience 18-20 hours out the day regardless if your food or service is piss poor.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Yeah I think so. You got whole areas where a good bit of the people work at the airport. The whole south side got a large amount of airport employees. Blue collar in Clayco and white collar in Fayette Co. You hit up night spots down south during the week and they have Airport employees night and stuff like that. Some brehs getting rich out there too. The construction and concessions contracts are insane, white folks hate that shyt cuz it's basically brehs juicing each other in, doing the same shyt they always do to us. My pops knows a family that owns just a few sandwich stands in HJIA, and their millionaires a few times over. And we talking just some basic snacks and sodas, if you got a restaurant out there you eating like crazy. You got a built in captive audience 18-20 hours out the day regardless if your food or service is piss poor.

This made my day to read.

 

[ManBearPig]

Chicago

 

[ManBearPig]

Detroit had a chance but Kilpatrick fukked everything up

Your thoughts?

Detroit was the black mecca before they started closing all those factories and drugs flooded the streets

 

[REdefinition]

Yeah I think so. You got whole areas where a good bit of the people work at the airport. The whole south side got a large amount of airport employees. Blue collar in Clayco and white collar in Fayette Co. You hit up night spots down south during the week and they have Airport employees night and stuff like that. Some brehs getting rich out there too. The construction and concessions contracts are insane, white folks hate that shyt cuz it's basically brehs juicing each other in, doing the same shyt they always do to us. My pops knows a family that owns just a few sandwich stands in HJIA, and their millionaires a few times over. And we talking just some basic snacks and sodas, if you got a restaurant out there you eating like crazy. You got a built in captive audience 18-20 hours out the day regardless if your food or service is piss poor.

Interesting. I remember hearing about Luda opening his restaurant at the airport. I thought it was unconventional, but reading this, it makes sense.

 

[MJ Truth]

Africa

 

[staticshock]

There's an abundance of medical jobs. We're the healthcare base of the Southeast. Most folks are poor, but there's a good number of black folks with money too, especially out in areas like Southwind, Olive Branch, ect. What happened to midtown was kinda expected to happen. They didn't want nikkas in areas like Cooper-Young anyway, that's why they marketing them as gay friendly areas. When those types of crackers move in, they definitely aren't trying to live next to black folks

didnt know that..I always Houston held that title.
Is there a lot of empty lots and buildings in North Memphis?

 

[mamba]

Atlanta, Macon and Savannah all have the demographics for Black people to control city governments

It's just a matter of people with vision to pull it off in both the private and public sectors.

Atlanta Vision: business hub, education hub, entertainment hub.

A lot of that is already happening in Atlanta. A bunch of universities and colleges pumping out Black grads. A lot of Black entrepreneurs. A lot ot Black people making moves on the entertainment tip.

Macon Vision: Black-owned semi-pro teams, vineyards, distribution centers, music venues, annual festivals, etc.

The Tubman Museum is already located there. Biggest Black musuem in the Southeast.

Why not start a Black music museum in Macon! Maybe a Black sports musuem?

Savannah Vision: Black-owned hotels & conference centers, Black-owned tourist spots, etc.

A lot of shyt is ripe for the taking in Savannah.

And there could be Black-owned transportation companies to get people from city to city.

Macon and Savannah are also not flush with other minority groups at this time. So, Black people can really stake claim and dominate shyt with the resources pouring in from Atlanta, Jacksonville, etc.

We could also have Black-owned cruise lines departing from Savannah and taking brehs and brehettes along the Florida coast and throughout the Caribbean.

 

[staticshock]

Yeah I think so. You got whole areas where a good bit of the people work at the airport. The whole south side got a large amount of airport employees. Blue collar in Clayco and white collar in Fayette Co. You hit up night spots down south during the week and they have Airport employees night and stuff like that. Some brehs getting rich out there too. The construction and concessions contracts are insane, white folks hate that shyt cuz it's basically brehs juicing each other in, doing the same shyt they always do to us. My pops knows a family that owns just a few sandwich stands in HJIA, and their millionaires a few times over. And we talking just some basic snacks and sodas, if you got a restaurant out there you eating like crazy. You got a built in captive audience 18-20 hours out the day regardless if your food or service is piss poor.

This is 100% true. Most brehs on the southside work at the airport or in warehouses. You see them everywhere walking, driving or on the bus with those bright ass green safety shirts. Clayco has so much potential man...nikkas just wanna be on that ratchet shyt down here.

And in Fayette County is where most of the pilots for Delta and other airlines stay. Its like they had a meeting and all decided to move to Peachtree City. When I worked at Subway a few years back, the boss and owner was a Japanese-American dude who is a pilot. He bought it from this black lady and he slowly let go of all of us and hired his friend's kids and another pilot. He straight up told me before I left for the military that he was going to make some big changes because there was no diversity in the restaurant. All the workers were black, but most of the customers were white.

It was fukked up but at the end of the day it's his spot. And that made me think..this dude is a pilot, but as a side hustle he owns a Subway. Why cant more of us be on some shyt like that?

Interesting. I remember hearing about Luda opening his restaurant at the airport. I thought it was unconventional, but reading this, it makes sense.

What kind of place is this? Im surprised they let him open it after Strip failed in Atlantic Station. That was my spot man

 

[REdefinition]

What kind of place is this? Im surprised they let him open it after Strip failed in Atlantic Station. That was my spot man

Chicken n Beer, breh lol. Never been but I may check it out next time in fly in to the A.

 

[Prince Mongo]

didnt know that..I always Houston held that title.
Is there a lot of empty lots and buildings in North Memphis?

Yeah, there's quite a few. A lot of them are getting bought up by healthcare facilities though

 

[m0rninggl0ry]

Dallas