Idk, I grew up in a white middle class neighborhood but the cost of housing is pretty considerably lower in the neighborhoods to the other side of the freeway/railroad tracks that happens to also be predominantly black. (This is Ohio btw)
Note those neighborhoods were built in similar times with similar sizes of lots and quality of houses.
The only noticable differences between the two locations is racial makeup of the community.
So if two areas are equally nice to live in but one is cheaper to live in than the other then why are people electing to live in a more expensive area over the cheaper one? Assuming everything else is equal.
> The only noticable differences between the two locations is racial makeup of the community.
> So if two areas are equally nice to live in but one is cheaper to live in than the other then why are people electing to live in a more expensive area over the cheaper one? Assuming everything else is equal.
I strongly doubt that "housing is considerably lower" while having no "noticable differences" besides race. Name the communities, so one can research the actual differences, otherwise this is imaginary. I hope you can't mean Cleveland.
No I mean Columbus. It's easy: Clintonville vs Linden. Communities that literally share the same street names that are cut by railroad tracks and a freeway.
I've lived in both, both are equally nice and equally nice property and neighbors. Linden is incredibly cheaper. At a glance I'm seeing around 100k price difference with similar sized homes.
Yes, it is easy. Home buyers look at schools, crime, and proximity to work and amenities.
Clintonville is right next to OSU (100k! students and staff), High St. amenities, and all the parks along the Olentangy River, of which Linden has nothing comparable to those. A crime map of the area clearly demarcates those areas https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/oh/columbus/crime
This is what makes people buy homes; hardly a gut feel on "nice neighbors." Most people reading this would easily rather buy in Clintonville if prices were the same, based on just the things I mentioned.
Parts of Linden are just as close if not closer to OSU than Clintonville.
Linden also has parks and stores just like Clintonville.
And with crime I suggest looking at where the crime happens, it's typically particular to a few main streets/corners.
The neighborhoods themselves are comparable.
You're almost making it sound like if you lived in a home in Linden that you'd expect drive by shootings on the regular or some such shit. That's not the case though shootings and street theft have been happening quite a bit in Clintonville and Short North on High St. Over last few years.
People still move out of Clintonville to smaller school districts because city schools are perceived as bad. Of course a lot of white flight occurred during inner city bussing but whatever.
If better schools, less crime, and allegedly work proximity are the reasons you need to convince yourself why suburbs became popular the first place and not that it is because white people don't want to have black neighbors, suit yourself.
Note those neighborhoods were built in similar times with similar sizes of lots and quality of houses.
The only noticable differences between the two locations is racial makeup of the community.
So if two areas are equally nice to live in but one is cheaper to live in than the other then why are people electing to live in a more expensive area over the cheaper one? Assuming everything else is equal.