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JustAnotherGen

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1. When I left Western NY - several of my high school friends who

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2015, 10:41 AM

Jan 2015

Are also black - left at the same time. We are all children of the last "leavers" in the Great Migration.

Three went back to Atlanta (had attended University there), two of us to NJ, 5 to to Houston/Austin, and 1 to PG county.

She - that one - just posted this on FB. The article is filled with truth. Interesting convo to watch with her neighbors and friends in that area.

The rest of us might be the minority in our community - but from employment numbers to home values - we've recovered since we left for the heat of warmer suns and access to beaches.

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the nation’s highest-income majority-black county stands out for a different reason.... [View all] Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 OP

When I left Western NY - several of my high school friends who JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #1

I have many family members that went back to Atlanta too. SummerSnow Jan 2015 #2

Side bar - where did he attend school? JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #4

Never knew where he attended school. he died before I was born. Unfortunately I never SummerSnow Jan 2015 #6

We used to call those folks the "PG bourgeoisie." Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #3

This continues a long history in discrminatory housing practices ... kwassa Jan 2015 #5