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Actually, it's a smaller footprint. The Harlem zip codes added up to 3.53 sq. miles. The Brooklyn zips were 3.58 sq. miles. The difference in the percentage of educated Blacks is negligible.
Harlem's denser than that area of Brooklyn, so there's more people (maybe 1.5-2x ?) in the Harlem zips. Harlem has more project to drag the numbers down.
Yeah, with maybe some areas that are lower to straight middle class. Pew Research states that 2/3rds to double a median household income is viewed as being within the range of middle class. Out of major metro areas, I believe that DC has the highest median household income at around $92,000 or so. So, that may serve as a frame of reference.
Yeah, and I meant working-class not in just in terms of income, but also professional/socioeconomic background. You may have a NYC Department of Sanitation supervisor and a 911 dispatcher living together in Flatbush earning $150,000 collectively. Then you may have a 28-year old Syracuse grad earning $85,000 a year and living in Fort Greene. One is middle class while the other is probably upper middle class despite earning less.
Harlem's denser than that area of Brooklyn, so there's more people (maybe 1.5-2x ?) in the Harlem zips. Harlem has more project to drag the numbers down.
There's more people in Harlem, but that's part of what makes it a slightly better draw than Brooklyn. Downtown and Fort Greene are close to the Financial District so a lot of Wall Street workers live in the neighborhood, but I'd say slightly more opt for Harlem. The history and the fact it's in Manhattan will always make it a slightly more appealing place for professional Blacks, imo. Harlem is still the epicenter of professional Black life in NYC even though Brooklyn more than holds its own.
It could be due to being mobile......It seems like Flatlands is a hidden gem in Brooklyn and parts of it has median household incomes above the metro figure. Here is some info: https://www.city-data.com/forum/44866852-post126.html
Yeah, and I meant working-class not in just in terms of income, but also professional/socioeconomic background. You may have a NYC Department of Sanitation supervisor and a 911 dispatcher living together in Flatbush earning $150,000 collectively. Then you may have a 28-year old Syracuse grad earning $85,000 a year and living in Fort Greene. One is middle class while the other is probably upper middle class despite earning less.
Yes, I agree that social proclivities play a part in defining class.
I live in the twin cities and I'm currently visiting Chicago(my hometown). It brought so much jooy seeing so many brothers and sisters on their way to their downtown office jobs. It was truly a beautiful sight.
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