Suburban living is a dream sought by people of all economic backgrounds. While many families have not been able to create the ideal white picket fence suburban experience that is often imagined when talking about suburbia, they have nevertheless created a suburb of their own. The desire to have a suburban home to call one's own was largely due to the idea that a home provided a sense of security; it was a safety net (Nicolaides and Wiese 2006:213). This safety net was not achieved in the city center because people simply could not purchase an apartment or condominium and were instead simply forced to rent. Moving to the suburbs and buying a house was seen as a good investment, and people of all races wanted to participate in this investment. Despite the desire to purchase homes in the suburbs, many racial minorities were excluded from certain neighborhoods simply because of their race. This was also possible thanks to the use of restrictive acts that legally allowed/forced people to discriminate on the basis of race (Nicolaides and Wiese 2006:234). Racial minorities were considered “undesi...