Could white flight occur even if both blacks and whites prefer to have a racially integrated neighborhood?
Suppose that a black family is willing to pay higher rent than a white fam- ily to live in what is currently an all-white neighborhood. A willingness to pay higher rent could reflect fewer options for blacks when it comes to attractive homes and good schools. For a scenario in which there are eight identical homes in a certain neighborhood, TABLE 3.1 lists the monthly rent that a black family and a white family are hypothetically willing to pay, depending on how many black families are in the neighborhood. Notice that both blacks and whites are willing to pay the highest rent for a (somewhat) racially integrated neighborhood.