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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're not white, Boston must be removed from this list. If you are white, but support diverse communities, Boston loses a lot of points. I wouldn’t pick Boston mostly because I wouldn’t want to raise kids in a place with such thinly veiled racism. So then between DC and NY I think it's just your preferences and personality. I pick close in suburbs of DC because its the easiest to navigate, decent commute to the city and also large houses with yards. Good public schools but also private options nearby. Lots of families. I also prefer government and politics gossip to entertainment and beauty gossip.[/quote] Someone been watching movies from the 1970’s or 1990’s. Do you know Boston history? Have you lived there? How are the DC high schools with their 90% minority population any different than Boston’s high schools that are 85% minority? DC has more violent crime than any other state. 812 per 100,000 people. Massachusetts had 322 violent crimes per 100,000 people. Boston was listed as 2nd safest city in the country. DC on the other hand has seen crime increased quite a bit with a 36% increase in homicides. DC and Boston are similar when it comes to size, income, education and population. Boston and all of Massachusetts is safe from groups trying to crush people’s civil rights. It’s virtually 100% democrat and right to choose is safe her. You ned to be current on this “thinly veiled” racism claim and how it’s different from anywhere else. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200445/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-us-states/[/quote] NP. I currently live in a suburb of Boston after moving from a different, more diverse, part of the country and some people here definitely come across as a bit racist because the area is so homogenous and people aren't used to interacting with people of other races. [/quote] I live in Lexington now, our first home was in Milton, both with plenty of diversity. [/quote] Per 2020 Census Data, Lexington is 1.5% Black, 2.3% Hispanic, and 25.4% Asian. Look, I get that you consider that "plenty of diversity" compared to other parts of Massachusetts, but compared to other parts of the country it's really not, which is my point. [/quote] Take a look at these statistics for Whitman high school in Bethesda, then go take a walk around Bethesda Row and tell me that is different from Lexington. I'll wait.[/quote] DP here. I went to college and grad school in Boston. There are obviously less black people in Boston than DC. Boston is not the place to go for diversity. [/quote]
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