One thing I noticed growing up in NY is that you see very very few inter-racial couples in the more proletarian "outer boroughs". But they're very common in cosmopolitan Manhattan.
Good bet dating couples from around the city come into Manhattan for a change of scenery, and perhaps to escape stares and barbs.
That's very true, and Austin is all three in one. We've never felt out of place here, while we have felt stared-at in other places.
I found this comment from the article to be especially true:
compatibility, not color, is what's ultimately important in her relationship.
Despite the fact that my wife grew up black in San Antonio and I grew up white in Northern Michigan, we both came from working/lower-middle class families. The differences between us were much fewer than the attitudes and beliefs we have in common.