Anonymous wrote:I would still prefer Anacostia/Fairlawn area over Loudon. I am very comfortable in SE DC and encourage people to look over there.

you like getting robbed, carjacked, raped, shot and killed?

I enjoy Leesburg as a white person, but many people are closet or not closet Trumpers

I’m black and lived in loudoun county for a decade. Zero issues. Plenty of other black people in my neighborhood also.

I would still prefer Anacostia/Fairlawn area over Loudon. I am very comfortable in SE DC and encourage people to look over there.

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Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed race family and I could never imagine living in a place called Leesburg. Never.

You do know Leesburg is not named for Robert E. Lee, right?

This. I’m thinking this thread is a joke. It’s akin to saying, “I’m Jewish. Do you think I’d be comfortable living in a town named after Hermann Goring?”

Anonymous wrote:I'm considering moving my family to Loudon County. Perhaps Leesburg, but also open to other cities. What is this area like for black people? Is there much racism?

I know a few Africans there.

Not African American though.

Does that count?

It’s an outer suburb in VA, proceed with caution.

Leesburg is VERY white

I am black. I have many black friends who live in Loudoun and love it. I wouldn't live there, but to each his own. If I am going to live in Loudoun, then I would choose Western Howard County, MD instead. It's just as pretty and the schools are great. However, you won't feel as isolated. I should know, I grew up there.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm considering moving my family to Loudon County. Perhaps Leesburg, but also open to other cities. What is this area like for black people? Is there much racism?

I mean, KKK flyers were circulating in the last two years. I wish I was joking.

https://www.loudountimes.com/news/cops_and_courts/klan-again-targets-loudoun-with-racist-flyers/article_bca1fdf8-9846-11ed-8771-c3d7229cfbd8.html

This. Our neighborhood in Ashburn had one black family and I don't recall many kids at the schools who were black. Frankly, we had a few racist neighbors. The elections, first Obama and then Trump, brought out the worst in them.

I think it depends on where you are in the county, but don't expect much.

Thanks. Were neighbors friendly to the black family in Ashburn?

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Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed race family and I could never imagine living in a place called Leesburg. Never.

You do know Leesburg is not named for Robert E. Lee, right?

You're right, a town named after his family will not evoke the Civil War general every time someone says it. "Come to Lynchburg! No, not that kind of lynch."

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Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed race family and I could never imagine living in a place called Leesburg. Never.

But you’d send your kids to
Woodrow Wilson High School in DC, right?

But you do know that the school name has been changed, right?

Anonymous wrote:Loudon County is in Tennessee. It’s probably hostile to black people.

Loudoun County, Virginia has a decent amount of diversity and a black person would feel welcome there.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm considering moving my family to Loudon County. Perhaps Leesburg, but also open to other cities. What is this area like for black people? Is there much racism?

Forget it. People flying confederate flags, KKK flyers.

Guess you did not hear about all the drama at the board meetings from parents in the school district in the past 2-3 years.

Also read the report that came out a few years back from NACCP about all the racism student experience in Loudoun. Goggle it.

Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed race family and I could never imagine living in a place called Leesburg. Never.

But you’d send your kids to
Woodrow Wilson High School in DC, right?

Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed race family and I could never imagine living in a place called Leesburg. Never.

You do know Leesburg is not named for Robert E. Lee, right?