You are dead-on. This is all about taxes. Always is. I live in MN, and though there are naturally plenty of blacks in the Twin Cities, the majority, as with the rest of tge state, is white. It’s not like it used to be, when they called one of them “Murderapolis.” But like with every other center of population, people prefer to commute from the outskirts. Why wouldn’t you? Everything good about cities—commerce, high culture—can be enjoyed without living there, and living there sucks. Nothing to do with race.
Environmentalists have their stupid reasons to grumble. No one really cares. Were it up to them, the internal combustion engine would be banned right along with “suburban sprawl,” so obviously their heads are up their asses. But they get a say because they’re useful, and the ones running the big cities—libs, of course—need excuses to grab the money that’s desperately trying to flee their governance. They’ll use racism as an excuse, too. Whatever it takes. That money’s gotta stay put