My 5 Decade grading of Massachusetts (Boston, Easton: violent crime, unemployment, neighborhood)

[wror]

My 5 Decade Grading of Massachusetts

1970s F but improving
1980s A+ best decade in over 50 years
1990s A but declining
2000 B and declining
2010s C+ and in decline

Forecast 2020s F to F-

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by wror

My 5 Decade Grading of Massachusetts

1970s F but improving
1980s A+ best decade in over 50 years
1990s A but declining
2000 B and declining
2010s C+ and in decline

Forecast 2020s F to F-

What are you grading?

[tysmith95]

The exonomy in mass is doing better now then it was in the 2000s imho.

[tovarisch]

Basis for the grades? Facts? Stats?

[wror]

Take the second half of the 1990s decade,an "A" decade in Massachusetts.
Residents in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston were saying[in the second half of the 1990s "A" decade and as covered in Boston Globe articles], crime had gone down to such low levels, residents felt good about their neighborhood and even felt safe taking a walk in their Roxbury neighborhood. The term "Renaissance" was being applied to the Boston neighborhood.
By 2001 violent crime in Roxbury returned. The "Renaissance" over.

Other examples of the 1990s decade,an "A" decade in Massachusetts.
There was a big movement to cut State fees; Registry fees for,licences, excise taxes and other state fees were reduced.
Workfare replaced Welfare in the 1990s "A" decade. State programs to get Welfare recipients back into the workforce were introduced. In the "B" decade of 2000-2010,the number of Massachusetts Welfare recipients DROPPED. But then began to rise again in the 2010"C+" decade

[Dm84]

Originally Posted by massnative71

What are you grading?

Easton.

[chicagoliz]

It seems to me that the Boston area is thriving and MA is doing much better than many other parts of the country.

[tovarisch]

I appreciate that WROR (the OP) provided SOME stats, but they may be cherry-picked. How about things like overall unemployment, college grad rates, high school dropout rates, life satisfaction, etc., etc.?

[timberline742]

Good stuff as always

[Shrewsburried]

Originally Posted by Dm84

Easton.

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