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Old 12-13-2016, 02:35 PM
 
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I like the declarative title of your post.

Let me ask you: how racists are Muslim countries?

In the greater Boston area, people will not judge you based on your race or religion. They will judge you based on your wealth. Just make sure you get a mid-size luxury sedan and flash a graduate degree in every conversation, and you too, my friend, can join the Wellesley/Newton crowd and express a barely veiled disdain at anyone who belongs to the (God forbid) "blue collar class".

Racism is so passe now. Wealth-ism is the new hit when it comes to what Freud once described as "the narcissism of small differences".

This would be funny if it wasn't true
Since Newton has 13 villages, this attitude must be isolated to one or two villages? or specific locations

I can't imagine folks living in a 1,600 sqft cape (priced at 750k) are going to be "that" snobby??
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Old 12-13-2016, 03:55 PM
 
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This would be funny if it wasn't true
Since Newton has 13 villages, this attitude must be isolated to one or two villages? or specific locations

I can't imagine folks living in a 1,600 sqft cape (priced at 750k) are going to be "that" snobby??
Youd be suprised. My co worker went to Sloan and her husband is a doctor. She was bragging not too long ago about their tiny house in newton that is worth over 700k. They are snobs. Some people are that snobby that they are willing to pay that for a tiny living space just to live with like minded people in newton. God forbid they get a bigger house in a town that perhaps has working class people. Cant expose their children to them!
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Old 12-13-2016, 04:29 PM
 
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Who is judging who?
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Old 12-13-2016, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Nashville TN, Cincinnati, OH
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I grew up in Wellesley it is more diverse than people think we had a lot of Jews, Muslims, Middle Eastern christians, Asians, basically the only common thread is that it is a very educated town and wealthy town, when my parents bought a home in the 80s in Wellesley they were only 300k now they are almost all over a million.
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Old 12-13-2016, 05:13 PM
 
Location: Boston
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Of course there is some degree of racism there!

But given that most of the population in Newton and Wellesley are high performing, they'll give you the benefit of the doubt and hide their racism in plain sight.

Check this out:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...14I/story.html
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Old 12-13-2016, 05:34 PM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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This is not my first post, thank you if you replied to an earlier post. We moved from NJ to Boston downtown this month because of my wive's job. I am loving living here and eventually will move out to the suburbs next year. After the most recent election I know a lot of closet racist are coming out and wanted to see how things are in Wellesley and Newton? I see Lexington is a more racially diverse city but not convinient to get to Boston.

About us -
1- We have a child in pre-k right now.
2 - Well educated and well to do
3 - Imigrated during in the early 90s in middle/ high school from India
4 a Muslims but not nessesarily religious

Ps: Were moving from Mendham NJ, which we loved. Lookup the demographics before telling me I need to adjust to the US.
These areas are quite progressive. I don't anticipate a problem with either place.
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Old 12-13-2016, 06:10 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts & Hilton Head, SC
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I grew up in Wellesley and I think you would be better off in Newton.
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Old 12-13-2016, 06:54 PM
 
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Lol at this thread.
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Old 12-13-2016, 10:38 PM
 
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lol at some of the remarks - esp at how racist are Muslim countries... they are extremely racist, that's why I live in America and am proud to be an American. I love when people get identify, religion and nationality confused ... actually get sad when they let their religion define their identity... probably not for this thread.
I asked because Boston has a certain reputation, I have never been heckled here, but my sister who went to school here has, by local folks who told her to go back home. All I am trying to do is make sure where we move does not have that type of trash.
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Old 12-14-2016, 03:49 AM
 
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Who is judging who?
It's whom... plebe.

Love,

A concerned Newton-Wellesley resident
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