White flight

An interesting observation from Matthew Yglesias:

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1684237433863389184

The limits of peer effects: When Asians move into rich neighborhoods, white people start to move out because they don't want their kids to lose relative class rank in school.

https://nber.org/papers/w31434

I've seen a few examples myself (in Cupertino school district).

Defund the police!

Reedy Creek’s governor-appointed board to cut $8M in law enforcement overtime on Disney properties.


https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/reedy-creek-governor-appointed-board-215554723.html




But that's a Republican board, so that is not a problem, right? Right? Nothing to see here, let's just move along...