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Austins African Americans being pushed to suburbs away from parks and grocery stores

2016-05-26 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: A new study of African-American residents leaving Austin for the suburbs shows that communities of color are being displaced not just in coastal cities such as Portland and Washington, D.C. but in Texas too. And in too many cases, this can mean a lower quality of life, with less access to amenities such as supermarkets and green spaces. As Austins tech economy has boomed and the music scene has turned it into a hipster mecca, the citys real estate has grown more expensive. Historically black...

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