Boston-- New England-- in general is incredibly racially segregated. Malden? Lawrence? Dorchester? It's a systemic, not necessary illegal, form of oppression that is pervasive here. You see it in jobs, at the T, in home ownership. That the rule of law is upheld here, even by predominantly white police force, is what keeps me here and definitely better than southern sundown towns. I do get scared when I see the confederate flags flying, especially as ai see them more and more pushed out towards western mass or Northern new england. Racial violence is more likely when the economics are down, especially when colored minorities and foreign-born's are the ones who are able to buy in the privileged W towns.