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Originally Posted by eschaton
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.)
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LA still has a relatively high share of low income black households, though.
LA's legacy black neighborhoods still have significant black populations, and those are poor(er) populations. Watts, South Central, Crenshaw, Compton still have significant black shares. Watts is poor, whether black or Mexican.
The remaining plurality black neighborhoods seem to be middle class, suburban-style SFH neighborhoods. It seems the higher income enclaves have remained, while Mexicans diluted the black share in the lower income enclaves. But there's a low(er) income black presence (granted, much reduced) from basically USC area down to Long Beach. You still see AME churches, BBQ joints, etc.