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Originally Posted by sopas ej
They were possibly undercounted in the 2020 Census, like in other large American cities.
My partner and I have been talking about it, but it seems in the 24+ years of us living together in South Pasadena, we've seen the demographics change in many places, not only of residents, but of people who shop/eat/hangout in areas where it seemed they didn't use to before.
We had lunch in Beverly Hills a few weeks ago and saw many black people there, many of them looking very well-to-do, shopping, eating at restaurants, and driving really expensive cars. And why wouldn't there be any black people in Beverly Hills? Redlining is long gone, and people in SoCal can shop/eat/hangout wherever they want.
A lot of "traditionally" black areas have become more Latino, and interestingly, some "traditionally" Latino areas have become more Asian. A number of Confucian and Buddhist temples have cropped up in El Monte, as well as a Burmese restaurant or two, and El Monte for decades has been a very Latino/Mexican city.
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It's interesting if you look at LA race/income maps, because all of the surviving majority-black neighborhoods are significantly wealthier than the surrounding Latino areas. Basically every black neighborhood in LA County is now at least lower-middle class, and some (like Baldwin Hills) are borderline wealthy.
LA might be the only metro in the country which really doesn't have any poor black neighborhoods left - though a lot of this is because the poorest segment of the black population has been displaced elsewhere (Inland Empire, Vegas, etc.)