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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com
I grew up in in the old south end of Boston full of bad bars and taverns, illegal gambling spots . winos and crooks , we moved to the west end full of run down tenements with the smell of cabbage that I can still remember , the neighborhood was so bad ,it was completely torn down , we then moved to a project that was basically for younger guys a gladiator school for Irish street gangs ,that being said I wouldn’t trade a day of it for that living hell that family was going through everyday.
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Since you brought it up.....the West End is one of the most disgusting uses of eminent domain in US ‘urban renewal’ history. It’s what happens when a developer (Jerome Rappaport) cozies up to a powerful politician (in this case Mayor John Hynes). The rest is still case law in the US. But I digress.