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Yes, there are WIC and EBT available at the store a block away but you will literally see middle-class black individuals in an urban setting walking around in the area. My grandmother lives right here and I lived with her for some years. She routinely walks to the supermarket and visits friends in the neighborhood as do i. In fact, she's 83 years old and has lived in this area for 53 of those years. Never once owned a car doesnt even have a driver's license. Never had a housebreak or an assault either.
Yes, there are WIC and EBT available at the store a block away but you will literally see middle-class black individuals in an urban setting walking around in the area. My grandmother lives right here and I lived with her for some years. She routinely walks to the supermarket and visits friends in the neighborhood as do i. In fact, she's 83 years old and has lived in this area for 53 of those years. Never once owned a car doesnt even have a driver's license. Never had a housebreak or an assault either.
Whole time, I thought it was a triple decker. Looking at it from the Humboldt ave side, I see it's an apartment building. It seems like the city is big on incremental & gentle development in it's residential black neighborhoods.
Damn, that seems like heaven. It seems like a good part of the neighborhood for sure if one isn't involved in the mix for sure.
I've been hearing about Roslindale a lot. Are there any majority-black parts in Roslindale with the same feel and aesthetic?
In Roxbury the only thing selling are whole buildings. So most stuff is over 1 milllionsection 8'd out, or sold to condo owners. There was never a $1M homesale in Roxbury until 2011
In Roxbury the only thing selling are whole buildings. So most stuff is over 1 milllionsection 8'd out, or sold to condo owners. There was never a $1M homesale in Roxbury until 2011
Wow, do you know of any people in the community that have formed a company to "buy back the block" in a sense, in order to keep the character of the neighborhood intact? Something similar was done in parts of Brooklyn in order to keep neighborhoods there from being completely gentrified/keep the culture intact.
Whole time, I thought it was a triple decker. Looking at it from the Humboldt ave side, I see it's an apartment building. It seems like the city is big on incremental & gentle development in it's residential black neighborhoods.
Damn, that seems like heaven. It seems like a good part of the neighborhood for sure if one isn't involved in the mix for sure.
I've been hearing about Roslindale a lot. Are there any majority-black parts in Roslindale with the same feel and aesthetic?
Yea you're not gonna hear people say "i cant wait to leave Roxbury" It s widely loved by blacks throughout New England. It's honestly one of my favorite places Ive ever been and I feel privileged to have been able to live there briefly and have so much family there. If not for entrenched gangs and dysfunctional Boston schools (except exams and some charters) it wouldve gentrified 30-40 years ago.
Roslindale has blackish, plurality black places on the eastern side close to Mattapan and Hyde Park. its prettier sections are typically white, the black parts are more mundane.
I briefly lived in Roslindale as a baby Its another liberal neighborhood without a history of racial tensions back in the 70s.
Yea you're not gonna hear people say "i cant wait to leave Roxbury" It s widely loved by blacks throughout New England. It's honestly one of my favorite places Ive ever been and I feel privileged to have been able to live there briefly and have so much family there. If not for entrenched gangs and dysfunctional Boston schools (except exams and some charters) it wouldve gentrified 30-40 years ago.
Roslindale has blackish, plurality black places on the eastern side close to Mattapan and Hyde Park. its prettier sections are typically white, the black parts are more mundane.
I briefly lived in Roslindale as a baby Its another liberal neighborhood without a history of racial tensions back in the 70s.
Just looked at the majority-black Roslindale parts you mentioned. They're a bit underwhelming. It seems mostly residential and a good distance away from the commercial corridors of Roslindale. I don't think I'd live there at this current stage of my life but I could see how those parts of Roslindale could be really attractive to many families.
Yeah. I rate Roxbury extremely highly and I could see how people wouldn't want to leave Roxbury. From all of the youtube street tours to the google map links presented, I love how many of the walkable, commercial corridors are still well maintained and have kept their historical appeal to them. I see why it's well-received amongst black New Englanders. Condo prices don't seem all too bad too. I could see it booming in a big way if all of the issues are taken care of or at least tampered down.
Wow, do you know of any people in the community that have formed a company to "buy back the block" in a sense, in order to keep the character of the neighborhood intact? Something similar was done in parts of Brooklyn in order to keep neighborhoods there from being completely gentrified/keep the culture intact.
Not that I know of. There is a bit of white population growth creeping from Jamaica Plain in the South and West but the Latino community is somewhat of a buffer/sacrificial lamb.
Most white people in Roxbury live on Fort Hill to the west/northwest. Their number haven't grown much at allin the past decade (1.5% population share increase), it's actually been more multiracial people, Asians and Hispanics that have diluted the black population. I think Asians are around 7-8% of Roxbury now. Many Somalians too, down closer to Mission Hill and nearer the white folks.
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