Hispanics in the Neighborhood: Changing Urban Space: A Case Study of Refugees in Towns: East Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Author(s)
Granados Mahato, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
29pp
Date published
01 Jun 2018
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Forced displacement and migration, Host Communities, Urban
Countries
United States of America
Organisations
Tufts University

The East Boston report explores a rapidly changing neighborhood that is being transformed both by immigration (largely from Hispanic populations), and by gentrification including the skyrocketing cost of rent, particularly along certain streets. The author, herself a migrant from Costa Rica, looks at how the ownership and use of spaces in East Boston are changing from old mostly Italian Americans to newly arriving Hispanics and "yuppy" high income, primarily white gentrifiers. The author illustrates how at a neighborhood level, East Boston appears integrated and diverse, but at a street level and in terms of social connections, the neighborhood remains divided.