But since the dot-com revolution, the price of houses had risen and if you hadn’t bought a place early on and didn’t have a rent-controlled apartment or earn a Silicon Valley salary, it would be impossible to afford a place nowadays, which meant that nearly all the neighbors who believed in racial integration found themselves living in a largely white and Asian neighborhood. Nearly all were also highly educated and so—because of their social class—protected from the emotional draw of the deep story.
