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noiretextatique

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2. Money

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 11:57 AM

May 2016

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Why has there been an exodus of black residents from West Coast liberal hubs? [View all] KamaAina May 2016 OP

Is it even race-specific, as opposed to class-specific? Who below a certain income level... villager May 2016 #1

This may be the true bottom line. HuckleB May 2016 #8

My mom still lives in the Bay Area house we were raised in in the 70's. That's what allows me villager May 2016 #12

Money noiretextatique May 2016 #2

Gentrification. kwassa May 2016 #3

This is happening in Seattle, too. It's becoming far whiter. LisaM May 2016 #4

I live in Oakland wryter2000 May 2016 #5

There was an article on DU just yesterday underpants May 2016 #7

Those figures are for the respective metropolitan areas. KamaAina May 2016 #9

Really? wryter2000 May 2016 #20

I guess because many people from Contra Costa commute to Oakland KamaAina May 2016 #21

Contra Costa is a weirdly shaped county Prism May 2016 #28

It's because the data would then be at the same aggregation as standard Federal statistics. Gormy Cuss May 2016 #39

Thanks wryter2000 May 2016 #41

The cancer of gentrification is displacing many people in many places Armstead May 2016 #6

I actually have a job offer on the table in Seattle for which I need to decide UMTerp01 May 2016 #10

I don't even include such places in job searches whatthehey May 2016 #14

Exactly!!! UMTerp01 May 2016 #33

I was seriously considering... skypilot May 2016 #15

On average black people earn less hollowdweller May 2016 #11

I think there is some reading in to the data here. northernsouthern May 2016 #13

I suspect the people leaving are a pretty diverse bunch Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2016 #16

No offence to all the affluent white liberals here... hunter May 2016 #17

Certain Bay Aryans like the concept of minorities in the community... Throd May 2016 #19

Bay Aryans?! KamaAina May 2016 #22

It's been used since I move here mid-70s Retrograde May 2016 #24

But in this context, the "Aryans" means something. KamaAina May 2016 #25

It does. Throd May 2016 #27

Bottom sentence says it all. LiberalArkie May 2016 #35

racism is when one race thinks they are superior to another group because of race thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #32

Why do you consider yourself "middle class" when you have to live with roommates? hunter May 2016 #34

1970s called. They would like their memes back. ieoeja May 2016 #37

What are you talking about??? hunter May 2016 #38

Dilution? Retrograde May 2016 #18

Oregon has a history of institutionalized (and Constitutionalized) racism. No wonder they can't MADem May 2016 #23

I'd guess housing prices Proud Public Servant May 2016 #26

My Wife and I Each Earn Six Figures SDJay May 2016 #29

Gentrifiers are starting to get their mitts on West Oakland and areas like north of Fruitvale Prism May 2016 #30

Start buying properties in Richmond if you can. Throd May 2016 #31

Transit access in El Sobrante is tepid at best. KamaAina May 2016 #36

Gentrification transforming face of Oakland FrodosPet May 2016 #40