White flight is usually associated with an influx of poor people to middle class areas - this is more an influx of wealthy people to middle class areas.
I've always associated it with middle-class white people getting the fuck out of London at around the same time they start to have kids, for a better "quality of life"
White flight is usually associated with an influx of poor people to middle class areas - this is more an influx of wealthy people to middle class areas.