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Good question. NYC definitely has the most but it's misleading b/c it's only considering raw numbers and city proper. Then it shows to be Chicago, Houston, Detroit.
I'd like to know which metro has the most raw numbers and percentage wise. Top five or top 10 if possible.
I just seen this. Me personally, no. They are not the same thing. Magnets attract and they stick. Atlanta and DC are attracting Blacks and they have the culture, ambiance, and stability to remain that way more over any other place. There are other "Magnets" but none bigger than the big magnets. Mecca , by using the literal definition of the word and what surrounds that word, does not equal magnet to me. I highly doubt that the real Mecca in Saudi Arabia is used like a magnet. I might am taking the usage of the word Mecca to literal. But I still say magnet is the better word.
Yes, you are. A cultural "mecca" is a figurative expression. A mecca and a magnet are the same thing. We're just getting into semantics otherwise.
Even cities like New York that are losing Black people are still "meccas" based on the type of Blacks they attract.
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A black mecca, in the United States, is a city to which African Americans, particularly professionals, are drawn to live, due to some or all of the following factors.
Atl takes it for me as far as a mecca. DC takes it for me as far as a utopia and it's also a mecca no doubt (cake and eating too). It's just, DC doesn't give me the same "in awe" type feeling of being submerged in black culture full of black elites and professionals like Atlanta does. Add to that, sweet auburn, the eternal flame, etc.
DC has more Black professionals than Atlanta.
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New York - 80,350 (5.6%)
Washington - 67,675 (9.6%)
Atlanta - 48,615 (6.5%)
Chicago - 35,015 (5.6%)
Los Angeles - 31,570 (8.3%)
Houston - 25,999 (6.0%)
Dallas - 24,680 (6.1%)
Philadelphia - 22,919 (4.8%)
Miami - 19,240 (4.0%)
Detroit - 17,194 (5.1%)
Bay Area - 14,801 (8.8%)
Boston - 10,369 (7.0%)
ATL is in the lead but to be fair most of ATL's popularity and hype comes from hip hop culture, I love the ATL thou. DC and Houston are in the mix as well.
ATL is in the lead but to be fair most of ATL's popularity and hype comes from hip hop culture, I love the ATL thou. DC and Houston are in the mix as well.
This just supports my claim on why DC is first for me.
ATL is in the lead but to be fair most of ATL's popularity and hype comes from hip hop culture, I love the ATL thou. DC and Houston are in the mix as well.
Atlanta was popularly known as a Black Mecca since the 70's, well before the hip hop scene exploded there; this is from Ebony magazine back in '71:
The hip hop scene certainly contributed to the city's popularity in later years, but by that time the "Black Mecca" label had already stuck due to the AUC, longstanding Black political leadership, rapid Black growth, etc.
So, would in terms of smaller areas, what would fit the criteria? I know that Columbia SC seems to come to mind, but what are some others? Would the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown area fit? What about Charleston, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Huntsville or Shreveport?
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