Wouldn't diversity be an issue in a place like Ohio? My perception of the Midwest is that it's much more homogeneous and less inviting of minorities than California. Consequently it might be hard to attract diverse talent to relocate there.
San Francisco is 42% White, 33% Asian, 15% Latino, 6% Black.
Chicago is 30% White, 30% Black, 30% Latino, 7% Asian.
This is a great article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/normal-america-is-not-a...
It's a wildly diverse "33% Asian".
Integration/segregation is also significantly different.
Ignoring the actual, real world diversity, yep, "both black and whites" is accurate.
Racism is well and alive here on HN, it seems.
It's incredibly ignorant to say Midwest cities don't have people of other ethnic backgrounds, it belittles everything those Midwesterners have worked for in this country.
If I never had the chance to talk to you again, it would be too soon. You disgust me.
If you want to blatantly ignore the diversity that exists in the Midwest to make yourself feel better, that's fine. Just save your lies for someone else, because they're not working here.
Every place in your post where you said the word "they", replace it with "freehunter" and you'll see why you're not helping your cause but just pissing me off even more. Now you're attacking me, and I don't care for it.
"It isn't me who thinks what you imply: it's freehunter. Freehunter's idea of diversity is "we have black folks living here." I'm making fun of that. And I agree: freehunter's idea of diversity generally is disgusting."
I'm a Midwesterner, is that how you actually see me?
I'm from the Midwest, too. I'm certainly not talking about myself when I refer to how bigoted Midwesterners are.
The major difference you might be alluding to is culture. I think in California major cities, it seems people react and demand quick action by the government to any perceived social injustice. In in the Midwest, I'd say perceived social injustices are usually corrected by community outreach, not government action. I think this is a major difference that should be studied. People in the midwest generally don't like the government in their business, as contrasted to the coastal cities, they appear to see it as the proper way to fix problems.
You probably don't want to be the "next SV" if you want to keep it that way.
The idea that attitudes toward "action by government" are significant in explaining the absence of tech from Kansas is nuts. The density of talent and the presence of tech-smart capital are controlling variables.
> Black or African American: 53.3%
> White: 37.3% (33.4% Non-Hispanic Whites)
> Asians: 1.8% (0.7% Chinese, 0.4% Indian, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Filipino)
> Native American: 0.3%
> Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders: 0.01%
> Two or more races: 2.8%
> Some other race: 4.5%
> Hispanic and Latino Americans of any race: 10.0% (7.4% Puerto Rican, 1.3% Ecuadorian, 0.9% Mexican, 0.3% Dominican, 0.2% Guatemalan, 0.2% Salvadoran)
> Amongst the city's white population, 9.9% were of German, 8.1% Irish, 5.0% Italian, 4.3% Polish, 2.8% English, 1.6% Slovak, and 1.5% Hungarian ancestry according to Census 2010.
> 8,796 Clevelanders were born in Europe.
Also note that the "white" ethnic groups are very active in Cleveland. There are Slovenian, Ukranian, Croatian, and Hungarian dance groups (probably more, but these are the ones I have first hand experience with).
Columbus ranks 15th in the nation for LGBT populations.
I now live in Denver, CO. That's a city where diversity is a real issue. Majority of people are white, bearded (males), and wear flannel (both).
It's interesting that you're Slovenian, though. Here's a question for you. According to your definition of "diversity" does the fact that Cleveland has the largest Slovenian population outside of Slovenia make it more diverse? Does the fact that Cleveland's ethnicities tend to form their own neighborhoods indicate less diversity, somehow? I always thought it was cool that Beachwood had the highest concentration of Jews anywhere outside Israel, but maybe instead of viewing that as an indicator of Cleveland's diversity, people think my God, they're putting their Jews in the ghetto.
Meanwhile, I had a layover in Minneapolis and at the Mall of America, there were women in hijabs everywhere.
Obviously I can't speak to the experience of minorities in various locations, but it's hardly fair to paint the midwest with the brush of non-diversity.
Also, if anything, having your experience of "diversity" colored primarily by your interactions with highly-educated immigrant communities doesn't really help you understand how the broader immigrant communities integrate into the country as a whole.
Detroit and Chicago are not much different.
Edit: Source: I lived in Cleveland ~20 yrs
Universities are rich and white with a pinch of token racial diversity. "Diverse talent" maybe. Diverse relative to any random small city people from a few states over haven't heard of they are not.