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ReporterOther2179 t1_j6n86cb wrote

Reply to comment by tacknosaddle in What parts of Boston and surrounding areas do you feel has an undeserved reputation? by SideBarParty

Southie started changing when the ‘racist hellhole’ reputation grew stale. Because for most people the past is unknown.

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tacknosaddle t1_j6n9qzl wrote

I think at least one part of the appeal to the post-college twenty-somethings who started to move there in droves was it having a "cool" reputation based on the Whitey Bulger mob history.

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