Even though our city’s total population has been increasing, we’ve actually lost school-aged population at the same time. Enrollment in Boston’s schools has declined and those who remain are increasingly isolated by income and race.
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After a decline during the mid-20th century, we’re now several decades into a new global wave of immigration, bringing Boston back to its roots as a city of immigrants.
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Until we get on the same page – by in effect realizing there is no single page – we may find we can’t make headway expanding housing opportunities for all Massachusetts residents.
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By the second generation, immigrants in the U.S. have incomes that surpass their parents, and resemble those of native born Americans.
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Massachusetts is one of the richest states in the country, so we ought to be able to provide everyone a basic standard of living. And yet Massachusetts has a poverty rate higher than 24 other states.
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Local zoning has often been used to reinforce and even create patterns of residential segregation, a situation exacerbated by the small physical size of our cities and towns.
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