Originally Posted by
Trookie
Is there a lot of racism in these areas? I know it sounds like a silly question, but I just got back from volunteering in SW Virginia over the weekend. I had patients give me the dirtiest look, some had swastika tattoos, KKK, etc. I'm a little concerned about how people in these kind of areas would react to an Asian doctor treating them.
There's racist people everywhere. Poquoson really is not that bad, plus you said you're asian, correct? Most of the rednecks are pretty much deep in Poquoson, you'd really have no problem living/working here.
Originally Posted by
65-SpyderGT
Quick stereotype...
Poquoson = rednecks and yuppies.
York = blue collar middle class.
Suffolk = farming hicks with little education.
Keyword = stereotype.
Poquoson has expanded ALOT just in the time that I've been growing up here (~17/18 years), but more drastically in the recent years. It's much more diverse now. I've worked with some of the "rednecks" around black people, and mexicans and they were completely fine with them.
I've brought plenty of my black/asian/etc friends to parties in poquoson with people I went to school with, and there were no problems, at all, whatsover, and some of the people there were "rednecks"
Originally Posted by
MR. MXOPLYCK
if you are worried about racism your best bet might be in York then. yet poquoson is getting better. not as bad as it used to be
I'd say poquoson is straight now as long as you're not living in the deep part of it where all the older houses are with all the bubbas, however it will always be a joke to say "oh shit, i think they're lost" when you see a black person driving here.
Originally Posted by
Iceman05
...basically
no
Originally Posted by
swordsman54
for the most part, he is right
educate yourself
Originally Posted by
Trookie
Actually I think I'd be working in a dental private practice, so I'm slightly concerned about getting lynched for being a minority and inflicting pain on people haha.
Thanks for everyone's help. Looks like I'll be considering York and maybe Poquoson.
Haha, you don't have to worry about that. It's just that it is basically an all white town, so of course it's going to be stereotyped as being racist, yet many that talk shit about the place, really haven't even been around it at all.
Originally Posted by
ThsPoq
Dont move to poquoson. No Ni66erz allowed.
JK, people have a bad misconception of the city. Check out the stats for the 3 cities you're interested, you'll notice that York and Poquoson far exceed Suffolk in every category.
woot woot for poquoson grads! hahaha