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Aeson

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,291

Dannyalcatraz said:

I wonder...

With the racial demographics of Atlanta in general being what they are, I wonder if the attendees at geek events like that are still predominantly Caucasian.

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Yes. I would say it seems like the national average at the cons I've been to. Latinos are not as highly represented though.

 

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Aeson

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,292

I started thinking about it. I think the conventions come down to disposable income, and what you're willing to spend it on. While fandom crosses racial lines, income isn't always the same.

 

Dannyalcatraz

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,293

True, but Atlanta is more than 50% black, with a fairly large upper class. So while disposable income is a factor, obviously, there’s obviously others at work.

 

Aeson

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,294

I haven't been to a con in about 10 years. Things could have changed. What I know is the suburbs are still mostly white and that's where many con goers come from. Mostly in the Northern suburbs where I live. DragonCon gets international visitors. I've met Brits, Germans, and Aussies. All white. I think conventions maybe seen by many as a white thing.

 

Dannyalcatraz

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• May 5, 2019

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Aeson said:

I haven't been to a con in about 10 years. Things could have changed. What I know is the suburbs are still mostly white and that's where many con goers come from. Mostly in the Northern suburbs where I live. DragonCon gets international visitors. I've met Brits, Germans, and Aussies. All white. I think conventions maybe seen by many as a white thing.

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Well, RPG gaming is still seen as a mostly white thing where I live...but where I live, damn near everything is mostly white unless it involves LatinX.

 

Aeson

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,296

Dannyalcatraz said:

Well, RPG gaming is still seen as a mostly white thing where I live...but where I live, damn near everything is mostly white unless it involves LatinX.

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Every time I hear latinx I think of Kleenex. I don't know why.

I don't go into the urban areas and I don't socialize with urban people much anymore. Inside of Atlanta I know of one FLGS. There are 6 within 10 miles of where I live. One is about a mile away.

 

Aeson

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,297

If you put Coke and Pepsi in the same glass would it create a singularity that will swallow the world?

 

Scott DeWar

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,298

At first I was thinking it would be like matter and anti matter [electron - positron reaction] but i think it would be more like sodium and water and rip a hole in space time creating a rift between here and a dimension where neither Coke or Pepsi exists.

 

megamania

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• May 5, 2019

• #8,299

Pepsi + Coke = the original Jolt from the 80's

 

Dannyalcatraz

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• May 5, 2019

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Aeson said:

Every time I hear latinx I think of Kleenex. I don't know why.

I don't go into the urban areas and I don't socialize with urban people much anymore. Inside of Atlanta I know of one FLGS. There are 6 within 10 miles of where I live. One is about a mile away.

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I’d be surprised if there were a bunch in Atl. I live in the Dallas area, and most of the comics and/or gaming stores are in the ‘Burbs. The last FLGS I knew of in Dallas proper went out of business a decade ago, and was in a mall that is currently slated for demolition.

Part of that location factor is demographics, no doubt, but I also know (from talking to owners & managers) that rent and taxes play a big part in where they choose to be.