"Wayne Cooksey joined the flight of African-Americans from this city last year
to escape soaring rents and buy a home. Michael Higgenbotham left six years ago
for a safer neighborhood and better schools for his three children. Adell Adams
retired and wanted to downsize but knew her home’s equity wouldn’t go far in a
market where decent condos start at $500,000. Aubrey Lewis was among the first
to go, to nearby Oakland in 1977. “We left because of the housing situation,”
says Lewis, 77. “And that was early. It hasn’t gotten much better.”"
Unless there are measures that are being taken to drive African-Americans from the cities, why should anyone be concerned. At the end of the second world war, a lot of men came back from the war, had some money earned, some went to school, and a lot of those families moved to the suburbs for a better life. This might just be a sign that families in the black community are also developing more income and the ability to move to the suburbs to have a better life. No matter what race you are, having a family in the city is not practical. No one dreams of having a two bedroom apartment for their kids to run around in. This sounds like much a do about nothing.
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