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I see you're 21, and that you live in the 14621 ZIP. So, in your many years on this Earth, you've been all over, I take it. Nice personal attack, by the way.
You cite some obscure blog post as "proof" that Greenville is some awful, "racist" place. Yeah, I'd love to see where you end up in 10 years. We spent half a day over the weekend, downtown. Try doing that in Rochester without being bored to death, or being shaken down by a panhandler.
Ursula Burns? *yawn* The black middle class down here is larger, and earns more, then blacks up North (this is proven by hard stats). Let's see what the stats are for 14621:
Current Population: 34,494
2000 Population: 35,977
Households per Zip Code: 15,703
Average House Value: $52,000
Avg. Income Per Household: $22,107
Persons Per Household: 2.60
White Population: 11,962
Black Population: 15,578
Hispanic Population: 9,479
Asian Population: 805
Indian Population: 160
Hawaiian Population: 22
Other Population: 5,623
Male Population: 16,565
Female Population: 19,412
Median Age: 30.40 years
Male Median Age: 28.20 years
Female Median Age: 32.10 years
# Residential Mailboxes : 13,267
LMAO! I don't think there's a $52K house in this city, let alone houses one could get within the city limits of Rochester for $6K. $22K household income? Wow. The demographics are almost identical to our ZIP, yet the avg. home value here is $175K, and the avg. household income is around $70K.
Having left Rochester and seen quite a bit of the countryside, I can assure you there are plenty of nicer places than the 14621 ZIP.
Do us all a favor and go see parts of the country you're nor familiar with, before you make blanket judgments.
lol. If it didn't take you 2 weeks to respond, and if I didn't just leave for school, I might have wasted more time on you. What's shocking is that even though it took you 2 weeks, you still managed to respond with irrelevant BS.
Yeah, way to pick on one of the worst zip codes in Rochester. You proved nothing.
Yeah, I was thinking that too. You could probably find the same for any city and un fortunately find similar statistics.
A good way to look is through say American Factfinder and find a neighborhood that would be relevant to the topic.
I don't think people are denying that many Black folks are doing well in the South. It make sense in terms of socio-historical institutions, sheer size and history. With that said, the South still has higher poverty rate in general terms.
There are areas of towns like Chili, Gates, Irondequoit, Henrietta and Greece with a higher concentration than average in the area that are still fine. I'm sure there are parts of the city of Rochester as well. I believe parts of the 19th Ward near Brighton and Chili is a mostly Black area of the city that is close to the national averages in terms of poverty rate: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet...rd=&_industry=
Granted, the information might be a bit old, but those are a couple of examples within the city of Rochester and some of that spills over in to the adjacent towns(Chili and Brighton). So, things will vary depending upon where you look in an area.
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Yeah, I was thinking that too. You could probably find the same for any city and un fortunately find similar statistics.
A good way to look is through say American Factfinder and find a neighborhood that would be relevant to the topic.
I don't think people are denying that many Black folks are doing well in the South. It make sense in terms of socio-historical institutions, sheer size and history. With that said, the South still has higher poverty rate in general terms.
There are areas of towns like Chili, Gates, Irondequoit, Henrietta and Greece with a higher concentration than average in the area that are still fine. I'm sure there are parts of the city of Rochester as well. I believe parts of the 19th Ward near Brighton and Chili is a mostly Black area of the city that is close to the national averages in terms of poverty rate: Census Tract 71, Monroe County, New York - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder
Granted, the information might be a bit old, but those are a couple of examples within the city of Rochester and some of that spills over in to the adjacent towns(Chili and Brighton). So, things will vary depending upon where you look in an area.
The poster's profile says he/she lives in the 14621 ZIP.
Howie my man, no matter you say, you lose. Even if you provide black and white facts, you're still wrong if it's regarding information negative to Rochester
Howie my man, no matter you say, you lose. Even if you provide black and white facts, you're still wrong if it's regarding information negative to Rochester
With a lot of people on this board, you're actually right. But go through and read my posts. I admit--and even highlight--the negative aspects of Rochester just as much as I do the positive. In this case, Howie Long is just straight up wrong, and his argument makes absolutely no sense.
Well, his argument and posted facts may have been irrelevant to what you were saying, but he's definitely not wrong. He did point out yet another area in the Rochester region that straight up blows goat ass, which is just fine by me. Any post that can help point out how awful this place really is works for me.
lol well if thats how you wanna look at it then, then yeah, hes right: 14621 is an absolutely terrible, crime-ridden, poverty-stricken zip code.
but...uh...where exactly does he plan on going with this in regard to anything were talking about??!!!?
2+2=4
Demographics within my ZIP are almost identical to yours, 14621. Yet you live in a poverty-stricken, awful part of the city. I live in a working class/middle class part of the City of Greenville, surrounded by people of different backgrounds, ethnicities, etc. We're all successful, or trying to be successful in life, just like millions of other Americans. There aren't any $6K houses, here.
By the way, I don't know one "person of color" itching to move to Rochester, NY, in fact I don't know anybody who is moving that way. I know that doesn't fit your worldview, coming such an "enlightened" place as 14621, but you'll gave to believe me.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...
My husband and I are considering moving out of Rochester because of jobs. (He hasn't been layed off from Kodak yet). We discuss pros and cons every day!
Pros
*We have three small children and think this is a really great place to raise a family.
*Everything really is about 20 minutes away! Job commute, Museums, the zoo, sports, amusement parks, parks, WEGMANS, shopping, Lake Ontario
*Other attractions - the Finger Lakes, wineries, Buffalo, the Falls,
*Schools and educational resources
*Resources for hobbies and fitness
*The beauty of four seasons
*This may sound silly, but I like the layout of highways and roads. Getting from point A to point B is easy
Cons
*Yeah, 8 months of cold gray weather, below zero wind-chill, ice and snow whipping back into your face as you scrape it off the car at 7am, telling your kids how fun and beautiful the snow is, while your teeth are chattering, wondering again, why do we live here? I know some people like winter and it can be beautiful
*Wondering if I'm under-dressed to do "high-end shopping" at Eastview Mall
*People can be rude, but isn't that the way everywhere . . .
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