The purpose of this study was to figure out what causes residential mobility and to look at the patterns of racial mobility between blacks and whites. The authors used three theoretical models spatial assimilation model, place stratification model, and housing availability model to guide their research. The spatial model focuses on how socioeconomic factors influences residential mobility. The place stratification model deals with how majority groups uses resources to maintain their distance from disadvantage groups. The housing availability model simply highlights the characteristics of the metropolitan area. After conducting the study South and Crowder found multiple factors that cause residential mobility. The authors concluded that socioeconomic
