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. People like Bart Eddy, who moved his wife and school-age children from Oak Park to the west side of Southfield nearly a year ago. We were very glad to realize that we moved into a racially mixed neighborhood.