America’s best place to raise a family revealed – and it’s a suburb where Dave Chappelle ‘grew up poor around white people’

Silver Spring, Maryland, the suburban hometown of comedian Dave Chappelle, has been found to be the most dangerous city in the world in a new study by Fortunately.

The Washington, D.C., suburb, where the median home value is more than $500,000, topped the list, followed by Upper Marion in Pennsylvania and Chantilly in Virginia.

The rankings analyzed more than 2,000 cities across the country and considered nearly 200 data categories to determine the most family-friendly locations in each state.

Chappelle, who has recently made waves with his provocative comedy, joked about his upbringing in Silver Spring, claiming he grew up “in poverty among white people” and that he longed to live in poverty in the projects.

“My parents were doing just well enough that I could grow up poor among white people. When Nas and her would talk about the projects, I would get jealous. It sounded fun,” the comedian who reportedly $70 million said.

Chappelle, who has recently made waves with a number of his provocative “comedies,” joked about his upbringing in Silver Spring, claiming he grew up “in poverty among white people” and longed to live in real poverty in the projects. (Pictured on August 22, 2023 in New York)

Chappelle reportedly grew up in a Cape Cod-style home in the North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring, which his parents purchased in 1973. It sold for $178,000 on May 13, 1988, and was appraised at $741,423.

“Everybody in the projects was poor, and rightfully so. But if you was poor in Silver Spring, n***a, it felt like it was only happening to you,” noted the comedian, who has seen a steady decline in popularity in recent years.

Chappelle reportedly grew up in a Cape Cod-style home in Silver Spring’s North Woodside neighborhood that his parents purchased in 1973, according to a local broker with Long & Foster Real Estate. Debbie Kok.

It reportedly sold for $178,000 on May 13, 1988. Redfin’s Silver Spring Dataand is currently valued at $741,423.

“Nas doesn’t know the pain of that first sleepover at a white friend’s house. You just come home on a Sunday and look at your parents like, ‘You guys need to step it up.'”

While Chappelle jokes about feeling “poor” in the neighborhood where he grew up, his upbringing in Silver Spring was far from ordinary.

The future comedian attended Woodlin Elementary School and grew up with activist parents who regularly invited famous figures to their home.

Among these guests were folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger and American jazz singer Johnny Hartman. At the age of two he also met Muhammad Ali.

Fortune’s research focused on several key factors, including small-town appeal, senior amenities and cities that take health and wellness into account (pictured: a home in the Northwood-Four Corners neighborhood, minutes from downtown Silver Spring)

The ranking also took into account factors such as livability, financial health and education. Many of the top locations are fast-growing suburbs and edge cities that offer alternatives to expensive urban centers.

Fortune’s research focused on several key factors, including small-town appeal and senior amenities. The ranking also took into account things like livability, financial health and education.

Many of the prime locations are fast-growing suburbs and ‘edge cities’ that offer alternatives to expensive urban centres.

Pazit Aviv, 51, a Silver Spring resident who has lived in the city with her two children for 10 years, said the close-knit community has helped the city rise to the top spot.

“I know everyone within a three-block radius,” she told Fortune Well. “We eat together and we eat together when a family has a baby or someone is sick.”

Another recent list of Stacker Kildeer, a small town about 40 minutes outside of Chicago, is the best place to raise a family in 2024, followed by Devon, Pennsylvania, another small town with just 1,890 residents, and Kensington, a small suburb of New York City.

The future comedian had famous people visiting his home, including folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger and American jazz singer Johnny Hartman. He also met Muhammad Ali when he was two years old (pictured)

Chappelle attended Woodlin Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland

Chappelle was born in Washington, D.C., but spent his summers with his father in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a town of 3,700.

In the early 2000s, Chappelle returned to the Buckeye State and purchased a 3,000-square-foot, three-bedroom home on a 15-acre lot in 2005 for $309,000.

Last May, Chappelle was compared to Donald Trump by at least one Ohioan for his ability to divide people, amid an ongoing feud over the millionaire’s real estate buying spree.

Several residents told Bloomberg they are unhappy with their famous neighbor, saying Chappelle is “a force that is turning us into the place we all want to stay away from.”