>there is no historical context here
>on the black side (north) of the highway are all the shopping
>stores
>walmart, kroger, mcdonalds, chic fi la, autozone
>on the white side they have a golf course embedded into their
>community and they host the Shell Houston Open golf tournament
>every year and Tiger shows up to that
>
>these hoods were built at the same time
>with the same materials
>and costs about the same (although the white hood has mansions
>up into the millions)
>
>tax rates are the same

Did they cost the same at initial sale? (You mighta stated this in the OG post, I don't remember, but I don't want to stop typing and boot up another tab to find the post and determine)

BTW...you pose a valid query...but often things are as equal as they appear when it comes to development and neighborhoods...as you already know..