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Article: A cultural remix in West Roxbury ; Neighborhood keeps charm with influx of outsiders
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2009
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For years, the new labels went to its neighbors.
Jamaica Plain was the spot for young hipsters seeking a tolerant
environment. Roslindale was the ethnic melting pot with blue collar
roots that young families could afford. But West Roxbury? West
Roxbury was what it always had been, a suburban enclave in the city
where lace-curtain Irish had settled and never left.
Where outsiders saw dull, residents saw continuity and comfort.
But as expensive real estate has forced a steady migration from
Boston's core, the diaspora has reached this outlier neighborhood,
carrying with it couples like Drew Bartley and Chris Norris,
formerly of the South End.
"On one of our first days in the neighborhood, our ...