Used to be a lot stronger …I’m from a section of Dorchester that used to get filled with young Irish coming over to work but definitely noticed a big decline over last 5 or so years

There’s still a lot of Irish who stayed and made their way here but no where near what it used to be …the crazy cost of living increases in Boston has made it a lot harder for people that would come over for the summer to work and party

Boston is not a city friendly to the working class anymore …even neighborhoods like the one I grew up in that were historically solidly working class are disappearing