Most of you saw the same facts, but because you are individuals, the weight you gave them differs and in that difference Seattle is cast as a fine home - or a hellhole. The writers who were most disenchanted with Seattle were young, single, black women who lamented the lack of a social life. Most everyone agreed there isn't much of a cohesive black community here, but several of you were willing to live with that. Some want to live here forever, but a few writers already know where they'll move next. So, it's not a black mecca, but is Seattle at least a decent place to live? Some people who responded hate it, and some love it. 1, followed by Houston and Boston, but you likely won't be surprised to learn that Seattle was not mentioned. One reader pointed me to BET's Web site, where the network just posted its list of the top 20 cities for black families.
A couple of weeks ago I asked you to help me answer a reader from Las Vegas who wanted to know whether it made sense for a black professional person to move to Seattle.