“Midwestern and Northeastern urban areas are attracting blacks to the extent that they are affordable or providing middle class economic opportunities.”
I can’t speak for the Midwest, but Northeastern urban areas have little “middle class economic opportunities”; much of that work has left. I don’t know why that is even mentioned; most blacks in the NYC metro area aren’t seeking (or qualified for) middle class economic opportunities. Unskilled people of any color moving to the Northeast want free sh!t, nothing more.
Bingo!