I am an American also, and to be truly honest... I haven't witnessed any racism towards me but your experience might be different. But I noticed you said you can only afford 2k-2.5k for an apartment. I haven't seen that yet... unless you want to share with someone else, but I doubt that you will since you have a wife and a kid. I will ask around for you, if you are still interested but I highly doubt it. From what I noticed the price ranges are mostly 5k-10k a month.