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Old 06-01-2024, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com View Post
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.
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.