Yet the percentage of blacks who still deemed the city desirable remained at 78 percent. The study also found that blacks who were willing to live in all-white neighborhoods dropped from 38 percent in 1976 to 28 percent in 1992. Nearly 80 percent of blacks, however, said they would move into an all-black area. He has been studying the racial mix in Southfield for 30 years. But here, we have high-income, highly educated blacks who are living well.
City services are solid.
Most neighborhoods are well-kept. Businesses continue to do well. New developments still spring up on the little land that's left. And the crime rate is not climbing. Still there are many more people like Deeds, people who see only a lovely home on roomy lots.