Moreover, the investigation was carried on because they wanted to fully understand what produced or prevented the "tipping point" (a rapid ethnic turnover).

This chapter talks about the change in racial history in Chicago and the cause of white flight early on (civil rights).

(Written with the collaboration of Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas) Beltway was the destination for those whites who chose the exit method because their cities were experiencing ethnic turnover.

Beltway residents felt that they were driven out of the main city by minorities and this neighborhood is one that portrays the right values and makeup.

The Beltway Civic League (BCL) is a committee made up of mostly older white residents who are trying to "preserve the ways of the past."

On the other side is the Garland Parents Alliance (GPA) which is a group of younger people whose focus is not the minorities' presence but the overall quality of education and services offered to all residents regardless of color.

Through strong social organization the BCL has kept the neighborhood of Beltway from experiencing "white-flight" but a gradual exit of white residents is slowly occurring.

(Written with the collaboration of Chenoa Flippen and Jolyon Wurr) The chapter begins about how the neighborhood of Dover was a very tight knit community.

With the decline of the community traditions such as the award to who has the nicest yard and who is the most involved has led to great dislike from original Dover members.

From the community dislike of the new neighbor's people began to slowly move away and leave the neighborhood to continue to go downhill.

Archer Park remains a strong Mexican enclave and exclave due to the rapid and continuous number of immigrants.

(Written with the collaboration of Reuben A. Buford May and Mary Pattillo) In this chapter, the authors talk about Groveland's ethnic history.

The residents have demonstrated enthusiasm to keep the neighborhood clean and free from violence and so far they have proved to have done a great job.

In this chapter, the authors talk about block clubs and social organizations that helped the community keep the status of the neighborhood; graffiti free and good sanitation.

Groveland was particular because the children were raised as "white people bring up kids" and the younger generation tried keeping racial boundary by rebelling against their parents.

This showed that the [1] in migration of lower income families made Groveland more diverse but it also resulted in a higher rate of unemployment.

However, Beltway has still practiced the loyalty method in contrast with the city of Dover who largely chose the exit option.

This book essentially comes to the conclusion that in order for integrated neighborhoods to become united, they need to start working towards coalition building.