While I mostly agree with the context of what you are saying... Austin was segregated long before we had zoning or high paying tech jobs. As for the shrinking

While I mostly agree with the context of what you are saying... Austin was segregated long before we had zoning or high paying tech jobs. As for the shrinking population of black people I believe this is more due to culture than anything. Austin never has had a very large black population and as I said always been quite segregated. The culture in Austin is and has always been very white compared to cities that were much larger like Dallas and Houston. My friends that have moved away due to this have told me they just don't feel like there are enough places for them to go to on Friday/Saturday night. For us white folks there is an insane amount of things to do culture wise, especially if you are into music. Also Austin never had jobs compared to other large metros in Texas until the tech jobs came. You either worked at the State, UT or pretty much waited tables.