Symmetric preferences, asymmetric outcomes: Tipping dynamics in an open-city segregation model (opens in new tab)

arXiv:2602.09795v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Schelling's model of segregation demonstrates that even in the absence of social or governmental interventions, individuals with mild in-group preferences can self-organize into strongly segregated neighborhoods. Many variants of this celebrated model have been proposed by assuming agents tend to increase their satisfaction. Complementary to this traditional, utility-based approach, we model residential moves using satisfaction-independent re...