Southern charm prevails.The South hasn't lost its charm. Just as in 2004, seven Southern cities secured spots on this year's Top 10 Cities for African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. list. Two others hail from the Midwest, and the last is in the Mid-Atlantic region. Since our ranking debuted in 2001, five cities have held steady in the top echelon: Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina “Charlotte” redirects here. For other uses, see Charlotte (disambiguation). Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States. ; Dallas; Houston; and Washington, D.C. For the third consecutive time, major cities on the East and West coasts failed to make the grade because of social problems such as a high cost of living, crime, and mediocre me·di·o·cre adj. Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary. See Synonyms at average. [French médiocre, from Latin mediocris : medius, middle; see medhyo- schools. "African Americans continue to relocate to areas below the Mason-Dixon Line Mason-Dixon Line, boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland (running between lat. 39°43'26.3"N and lat. 39°43'17.6"N), surveyed by the English team of Charles Mason, a mathematician and astronomer, and Jeremiah Dixon, a mathematician and land surveyor, in search of a better quality of life and career opportunities," says Editor-At-Large Carolyn M. Brown, who spearheaded the Top Cities project. "Southern cities offer the same social benefits as big-city life. On top of that, they afford black families a higher standard of living in terms of income, education, housing, and healthcare." An important consideration in this year's ranking was earnings. Living in an area where residents earn six figures can signify sig·ni·fy v. sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing, sig·ni·fies v.tr. 1. To denote; mean. 2. To make known, as with a sign or word: signify one's intent. a certain level of success. In the Washington metropolitan area The Washington Metropolitan Area, formally known as the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA is a U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of November 2004. , black residents account for 15.2% of all households bringing home more than $100,000 a year. Atlanta is not too far behind at 14.5%. Having a $100,000-plus paycheck won't go far, though, if a city's cost of living, state taxes, and home prices are high. When it comes to quality of life, for some people it is a trade-off between locations with higher prices but the promise of good jobs and those where the living is more affordable but the jobs pay less. In places like Jacksonville, you get a lot more home for your buck. Among the homeowners who have taken advantage of this scenario are Carene John and Maurio Farmer. Less than six months ago, their family of four moved into a 2,000-square-foot home with a backyard and a two-car garage. The couple paid $230,000 to be part of a brand-new development located in an upwardly mobile, racially mixed neighborhood in Jacksonville. "We wanted to move into our home debtfree, and we did," says John. "We pretty much lived well below our means, and the city afforded us the ability to do that comfortably." If you're considering a change of locale (programming) locale - A geopolitical place or area, especially in the context of configuring an operating system or application program with its character sets, date and time formats, currency formats etc. Locales are significant for internationalisation and localisation. or just want to see if your hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" makes the grade, check out our Top 10 Cities for African Americans. --The Editors |
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