Is San Antonio forgotten in Texas? (Houston, Austin: crime rate, cost of living, dangerous)

[Suesbal]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

I think that has more to do because we already have more competition then other cities listed. The market already has enough of that crap.

Some people claim the free market’s to blame.

[yadigggski]

Originally Posted by supfromthesite

San Antonio might be class segregated (like every city imo) but I don't think it is racially segregated at all.

Maybe segregated isn't the right word, but the south and west sides are 90%+ Hispanic. East side is the only area of the city with a significant black community.

North of 410 between Bandera Rd and 35 is almost 60% white. It might as well be a completely different city.

[Submom85]

Originally Posted by yadigggski

Maybe segregated isn't the right word, but the south and west sides are 90%+ Hispanic. East side is the only area of the city with a significant black community.

North of 410 between Bandera Rd and 35 is almost 60% white. It might as well be a completely different city.

None of the High Schools north of 410 are anywhere near 60% white. Johnson and Reagan are the highest but still less than 40%. AH HS is a bit higher, though it’s inside 410. As someone who has exclusively lived north of 410 for 40 years, close to or mostly outside 1604, I can attest that the north side is way more diverse than people want to believe. My younger son’s friends, in Stone Oak no less, are actually more diverse - Hispanic (Tex-Mex, Mexican-American, Mexican National), Asian, bi-racial (Hispanic/“white”, Asian/Black, Asian/Hispanic), AA, Indian - than you’d find in most parts of SA.

[yadigggski]

Originally Posted by Submom85

None of the High Schools north of 410 are anywhere near 60% white. Johnson and Reagan are the highest but still less than 40%. AH HS is a bit higher, though it’s inside 410. As someone who has exclusively lived north of 410 for 40 years, close to or mostly outside 1604, I can attest that the north side is way more diverse than people want to believe. My younger son’s friends, in Stone Oak no less, are actually more diverse - Hispanic (Tex-Mex, Mexican-American, Mexican National), Asian, bi-racial (Hispanic/“white”, Asian/Black, Asian/Hispanic), AA, Indian - than you’d find in most parts of SA.

Maybe not the high schools (although I'm not sure how exactly Hispanics are classified. There's a lot of half white/half hispanic people here and my guess is they get put down as hispanic, not white)

The 60% number is from ZIP code data from this site, which I'm assuming is from the census. Maybe it's wrong though.

Just a few for reference
78258: 56% White, 30.1% Hispanic, 7.5% Asian, 4.5% Black
78260: 60.9% White, 29.4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3.4% Black
78259: 58.5% White, 29.2% Hispanic, 5.6% Asian, 4.2% Black
78248: 68.3% White, 24.9% Hispanic, 3.5% Asian, 1.7% Black
78266: 66.7% White, 20.8% Hispanic, 7.8% Black, 2.8% Asian

I agree though, Stone Oak area is probably the most diverse part of the city and it seems to be getting more and more diverse by the year. Medical Center area might be neck and neck.

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by malcorub16

Most locals know to stay away from the terrible restaurants, but many will still go down there to walk around and have a drink or two at the bars at the RiverWalk. I know I do, I enjoy being able to walk around and ditch the car. Few places in SA are like this.

Count my family as one of them. We love going down but also know where to go and not go.

[malcorub16]

Originally Posted by Suesbal

I would think San Angelo is more likely to be forgotten than San Antonio.

El Paso is more forgotten than San Antonio, that's for sure.

[yadigggski]

Originally Posted by malcorub16

El Paso is more forgotten than San Antonio, that's for sure.

tbf El Paso is in the Bakersfield/Baton Rouge/Knoxville/Lehigh Valley tier of metros which are all kinda out of sight out of mind for most.

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by yadigggski

tbf El Paso is in the Bakersfield/Baton Rouge/Knoxville/Lehigh Valley tier of metros which are all kinda out of sight out of mind for most.

You're only counting the U.S. metro population. That doesn't really tell the story, as El Paso does have a pretty strong relationship with a city of 2 million people a few hundred yards away.

Nevertheless, being tied to a city in another country plus a small urban area in another state (Las Cruces) doesn't really help its media stature.

[supfromthesite]

Originally Posted by Suesbal

Maybe the best Mexican restaurants are the ones where the staff and customers are all speaking Spanish.

Maybe

[elnina]

Originally Posted by Suesbal

Maybe the best Mexican restaurants are the ones where the staff and customers are all speaking Spanish.

Maybe not the best and showy but probably most authentic. Some of the Moms and Pops have great cooking skills too.
I love those places.