This is a really good book about all kinds of similar situations: Thomas Schelling: Micromotives and Macrobehavior https://www.amazon.com/Micromotives-Macrobe

This is a really good book about all kinds of similar situations: Thomas Schelling: Micromotives and Macrobehavior https://www.amazon.com/Micromotives-Macrobehavior-Thomas-C-Schelling/dp/0393329461 https://www.amazon.com/Micromotives-Macrobehavior-Thomas-C-S... "In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but-not-malicious preference to have neighbors of the same race eventually leads to completely segregated populations."