gave for why they moved out of Austin.

Compounding the discrimination they faced in the housing market and schools, an additional 16 percent of all respondents claimed that they also moved out because of the institutional racism they experienced in Austin. They described Austin as “unwelcoming” to African Americans.

On average, respondents claimed that they had better access to health clinics, grocery stores and quality restaurants, as well as public amenities such as parks and swimming pools, when they lived within the city of Austin compared to their access to these things within their current residential areas. However, their answers skewed sharply depending on whether they moved north or east of the city.

The majority of all respondents claimed that their relationships with neighbors were stronger when they lived in thea collaboration between researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Austin community residents and civic leaders who are Committed to documenting and analyzing the past and present of racial and economic segregation in Austin, Texas, particularly as it affects the city’s longstanding African American community. Its goal is to produce new Research to help shape initiatives—both legislative and grassroots—that will bring greater racial and economic equality to the city.

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They didn’t want to redo East Austin when we were living in it. We saw what was happening in Austin. They were trying to get all the property in Austin they could get. City was taking land, jacking up prices. The gentrification started settling in. Residents are sick to their stomach seeing what they see. They could have