Not to mention the fact that the reason urban areas have a reputation for crime, drug abuse, and other &quot;social ills&quot; is in large part due to &quot;white fight&quot; as it were.<p>Even setting aside the racial component for a second, it stands to reason that if cities are &quot;tough&quot; because everyone with the means toward a more stable and comfortable life moved to the suburbs, then many of those same issues with poverty and resulting crime and drug abuse would be lessened by un-segregating things.<p>If cities are rough because it&#x27;s accepted that anyone with the means will leave, then they become less so when the urban&#x2F;suburban split doesn&#x27;t mirror the poor&#x2F;rich (or white&#x2F;minority) split.