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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boston has a long history of segregation going back to the 1690s at least so this would be my guess[/quote]

Massachusetts outlawed segregation in schools in 1855, which I believe was relatively early. By the time of Brown, more states had outlawed segregation than required it at the state level, but I believe the 1855 Massachusetts desegregation predates most of them.

There was a lot of upheaval over forced busing, but forced busing is a more complex issue (people like Biden opposed it, and it doesn't seem to have much support these days).[/quote]

Yes, but Massachusetts conveniently uses centuries-old town and city boundaries to segregate and pen minorities and poverty into specific locations. The schools in those select towns and cities aren't technically segregated; it's the towns and cities themselves. Doesn't take much to look at places like Springfield, Holyoke, Southbridge, Lawrence, and Brockton and recognize the stark demographic differences, huge disparities in wealth, and school performance compared to surrounding towns.[/quote]

Basically all of the.NE uses the twin system.  But I’m not sure your examples are good ones.  I lived in Brockton and that whole region is depressed — there’s no nice town adjacent to Brockton.  And Holyoke isn’t a particularly clear cut example either — it has folks at both end of the spectrum and, again, that whole region or Massachusetts is depressed since the mills closed.  There are just a couple of towns (Amherst and Northampton) that are propped up by the colleges that own or owned much of the real estate.  Ever since the mills closed in western Mass, it’s been depressed.  
PS for folks that are now 100% remote there are some great deals to be had with gorgeous old houses in Western Mass!

But none of this answers the original question — I think the answer is that encampments make little sense in Boston where it is very cold and snowy for much of the year.  Massachusetts also has a  entitlement to shelter for families so families are all provided shelter,.  I think they also still have more disabled /elderly housing projects—I don’t know if DC has any of those left.  DC knocked down so many of the projects.[/quote]

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