[BobL]

“I have a hard time believing blacks in Idaho earn more than Asians living there. Whites I can understand.”

For Asians, when there are few of them, they tend to disproportionately run small businesses, which rarely shows big incomes (at least as reported).

For whites, probably a lot of retirees with tons of money, but not much income, since they don’t need it.

For blacks (just guessing), maybe a lot of blue-collar trades people, jobs that are now done by Hispanics in most of the country, but not as much up there.

[Blurb2350]

Agreed. Also, Asians seem to be drawn to areas where other Asians have already set up shop, and these are often urban or suburban areas. In Chicago’s “Little Hanoi,” for example, if a nail salon opened on one corner, soon there would be two or three more nail salons within a block! Also, a certain type of person — independent-minded, self-sufficient — is drawn to places like Idaho, and this includes a few blacks. I’ve noticed that in areas with very few blacks, the blacks who do live there are indistinguishable from the white residents — same values, similar temperament, same general financial situation.

[Karma_Sherab]

which rarely shows big incomes (at least as reported).

my only trip to NYC was to escort a fellow Cambodian woman in china town. She was having several conversations in various establishments in Vietnamese, and when I asked about it, she said "I tell you outside"

they were negotiating an under the table deal to avoid having to report the sale, so, your statement, at least in my anecdotal experience, is true