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The map shows that although there are segmented racial neighborhoods within South End, the association of social disorder and crime is not perfectly correlated with the presence of minorities. Overlaying the crime map with the race by census block…

The map that I’ve created is based off of a phenomenon that I noticed while walking around the South End: although the neighborhood is fairly diverse economically and racially, the transit users that I observed were overwhelmingly…

While visiting various restaurants and cafes along Meridian Street, I was surprised by how little English some of the owners spoke. Customers and employees would often speak in Spanish immediately upon entering. Hence, I chose a map that shows the…

The photograph of a trash pile on the sidewalk expresses at least two things. First, litter has a large presence in East Boston. The sidewalk has many scraps, cigarette butts, and stray alcohol containers. Second, the litter is ordered in subtle ways…

Map: This map is one which I created after my visit to South Boston. The green plus signs are spots where I saw people wearing Red Sox baseball caps. The notes, which appear here as yellow squares, indicate people I saw wearing apparel from other…

This is a photograph of refuse on the side of the road. It contradicts my original assumptions about the neighborhood. While I expected to find a high concentration of establishments that sell liquor, instead I found a diverse set of retail…

My picture is of a Visitor's Parking sign on Dorchester Avenue. It captures the segregation between the residents and the visitors in South Boston as well as the lack of tourism in this area (nobody is parked in the visitor's parking spots). Finally,…

Two things that were interesting to me as I walked through East Boston were the murals and the ethnic eateries. I only noted a few Chinese or Vietnamese restaurants, and so when I returned from my visit I decided to get a better grasp of the ethnic…

My map shows us the varying economic statuses of the part of Charlestown I explored, and, as I explained, the amount of decorations in the different parts of Charlestown reflects the divides in economic status we see on my map screenshot. My picture…

PHOTO COMMENTS:
The image shows the intersection of Lexington Street and Bunker Hill Street. Left of the Bunker Hill Street (of this view) are condominiums of wood siding exterior walls and high rental prices. To the right are the Bunker Hill…