Decline of Center Point

Its Center Point in suburb of Northeast Birmingham, Alabama. After Bessemer, Fairfield, Midfield and most suburb of West Birmingham went downhill in 80's and 90's, its growing more crime, gangs and poverty. Most medium class went changed into low class neigborhood, abandoned of beautiful mansion. Center Point will going be same as like this, I can't see until 2010 about heavily demographic changed into overweightly black. I feel against about sprawl over other counties in South region. The white flight makes me into painful as never stopped. Does its happened to ur city? Decline of Beaumont, TX? other?>