text: will having one black family in my neighborhood bring down the whole neighborhood's value? well, i'm only 17, i'm not selling a house or anything ( duh. ) but there is this family that moved in my neighborhood and they're black. the houses are really expensive and i was just wondering will that one family bring down the whole neighborhood value? because i've seen this happen before..green island hills..yeah no one wants to move over there anymore..why do they have to ruin such good, influential and well mannered neighborhoods?   edit: i did ask this in the business section, but i think only black people were answering the question, since the answers were a little race-biased. having a black family in your neighborhood will not bring anyone's neighborhood value down.  sadly enough, usually when a black family moves in, you will find out who the biggest bigot is first.  because they will be the first to leave.  by you being 17 years old, you have a chance to educate yourself and not fall prey to ignorance.  sadly enough, these people are the first to enter the church on sundays.  why would anyone think that god would allow anyone into heaven that does not love their brother and sister(regardless of the skin color)?     arm yourself with knowledge before you buy into stereotypes that have been passed down from generation to generation.  after all, where you will spend eternity depends on you.