Were they better off in these homes which they choose to move to, or do you think they were better off where they came from? Discrimination is terrible but I do

Were they better off in these homes which they choose to move to, or do you think they were better off where they came from? Discrimination is terrible but I don't see how it would have forced them to move next door to someone who oppressed them. I would find it more probable that they moved as an act of defiance than out of fear. In any case, I think we have to assume that the vast majority of people (including these people) who move from one area to another do so because it is in their own self-interest and that they're better off for having done so. When someone moves, it's as if they're voting with their feet in favor of their new location. I don't have any idea how bad their previous locations were, but on the whole this community was preferable.