This has moving in this direction for approx. 30 years. It is not surprise to people who have been paying attention. The suburbs will be the new ghettos.
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Inversion-Future-American-City/dp/0307474372
“The suburbs will be the new ghettos.”
Wishful thinking. The affluent move back to the suburbs once they start a family. People are getting married later in life and starting families even later. The move back to the suburbs has slowed because of this trend.
Boston with all its gentrification and population increase is still closing public schools every year. Even the Catholic schools are closing up shop. San Francisco the same. You can’t have a vibrant city with no families and children. All your left with is an adult play land or tourist destination like much of Europe. Not a place to call home and raise a family.
Full disclosure I grew up in Boston.