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I’m actually in the Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury division. Couldn’t seem to find data for it on that site. But Lawrence is still only a 20-25min drive.
One NECTA over to you and ‘HaveNewAmes’ 202k people 87% white and 8% latino-that’s crazy, but it shows the value of NECTAs.
One NECTA over to you and ‘HaveNewAmes’ 202k people 87% white and 8% latino-that’s crazy, but it shows the value of NECTAs.
Sounds legit. I am a bit surprised that Haverhill (biggest city in the division at 64k and 20% Latino) doesn’t carry more weight. Those other smaller towns and cities really add up.
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford (358k) is 73% white, 9% Latino. Much more Asian (11%) than the other two Merrimack divisions.
Re: "thriving," does Boston have anything to match Philadelphia's South Philly Barbacoa? The restaurant is thriving and serves as a tangible location in which relationships and connections are built between Philadelphia's Mexican community with the larger Philadelphia community.
The restaurant has expanded and moved into a larger building in the Italian Market since the recording of this video, but the home cooking and community building continues to thrive:
Re: "thriving," does Boston have anything to match Philadelphia's South Philly Barbacoa? The restaurant is thriving and serves as a tangible location in which relationships and connections are built between Philadelphia's Mexican community with the larger Philadelphia community.
The restaurant has expanded and moved into a larger building in the Italian Market since the recording of this video, but the home cooking and community building continues to thrive:
Philly has better food In general than Boston but Boston has far more Latin restaurants. Just anecdotally. It wouldn’t be hard to find a thriving Latino restaurant. I can’t think of anyone I want to grab but yes I would say Boston has several answers to South Philly Barbacoa.
Sounds legit. I am a bit surprised that Haverhill (biggest city in the division at 64k and 20% Latino) doesn’t carry more weight. Those other smaller towns and cities really add up.
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford (358k) is 73% white, 9% Latino. Much more Asian (11%) than the other two Merrimack divisions.
Yea I would think Haverhill would have more weight. But 1/5th of 64k is only 13k..out of 202k
Hispanic population percentage of the cities surrounding Philadelphia (based on 2010 Census)
Reading, PA 58.2%
Camden, NJ 47.0%
Vineland, NJ 38.03%
Trenton, NJ 33.71%
Atlantic City, NJ 30.45%
Wilmington, DE 12.4%
Chester, PA 9.0%
Dover DE 6.6%
Boston MSA:
Lawrence MA 81%
Chelsea MA 67%
Lynn MA 48%
Revere MA 32%
Methuen MA 29%
Everett MA 26%
Framingham MA 20%
Haverhill MA 20%
Boston MA 20%
Salem MA 19%
Lowell MA 19%
Marlborough MA 14%
Brockton MA 11%
Somerville MA 11%
Cambridge MA 11%
Dedham MA 9%
Randolph MA 9%
Malden MA 9%
CSA:
Central Falls RI 66%
Providence RI 43%
Southbridge MA 32%
Fitchburg MA 26%
Pawtucket RI 25%
New Bedford MA 25%
Worcester MA 23%
Woonsocket RI 19%
Fall River MA 10%
Again this is not as close as it’s being made out to be. In every city on this list except Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Malden, and Brockton-Latinos are the largest minority group.
Philly has better food In general than Boston but Boston has far more Latin restaurants. Just anecdotally. It wouldn’t be hard to find a thriving Latino restaurant. I can’t think of anyone I want to grab but yes I would say Boston has several answers to South Philly Barbacoa.
Felipes in Harvard Square
Merengue in Roxbury
Rincon Caribeno in Hyde Park
La Fabricia in Cambridge
La Paloma in Quincy
and
Guira y Tambora in Roslindale
Melatonin restaurants can be found in every corner of the city and metro.
Nice. However, just by looking at photos of those restaurants, especially the ones in/closer to Boston proper, I can see they have a far more Americanized ambience and even cuisine. Not that it is necessarily a "bad" thing, or that the restaurants are poor quality, but it is goes to show that South Philly Barbacoa is a true gem in producing both cuisine and ambience that replicates something out of Mexico. It is distinguished by this fact, and by the fact that it serves as great community building between the immigrant and non-immigrant communities.
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