[Dilbert San Diego]

yep, I remember the “white flight” talk years ago. Blacks complained that whites moved away, and the people left behind were mostly minorities. The talk was that integration never happened because whites moved away.

There was never talk about how crime and gang activity and other elements of the black community drove away blacks too, who could afford to live elsewhere.

[USNBandit]

Concur. My neighborhood is diverse in race, ethnicity, and work sectors. What it is not diverse in is economic level. Despite being that diverse we had a group of punks prowling cars the other night that all come from the Section 8 housing a couple miles down the road. The local PD did a good job of rounding a couple of them up, one of which was armed with a pistol (underage). They will get the others based upon examination of their cell phone traffic.

The last thing anybody in this neighborhood wants is those section 8 criminals living amongst us. We all squeak by trying to pay for houses while the government throws money down a bottomless hole of welfare.

[equaviator]

You are technically correct, DSD. It was people who could “afford” to move into the suburbs and most of those people just happened to be white.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My liberal daughter (in her late 20s) makes that point — the failure of all Democrat urban strongholds was caused by whites moving away. You cannot be too careful in selecting the right college for your kids.