ABSTRACT
The previous chapter made the case that the political characteristics of a community are meaningful determinants of migratory behavior. We now know that migration within the United States is not determined exclusively by economic considerations—though economics remains an important constraint, as people will not move to communities where they cannot make a living. Migration can also be motivated by quality-of-life concerns, one of which is the homophilous tendency of migrants—the desire of people to live among others like themselves. This has been demonstrated along a number of different individual attributes, race being the most studied of them.
