Man shot in the leg on Tremont Street at Mass. Ave. in the South End

I realize having to occasionally rub elbows with the drunks and junkies doesn't help sell million-dollar condos, but calling it "very dangerous" these days is pushing it. Not a single neighborhood in Boston ranks in the top 25 worst neighborhoods in the country, including Big Bad Roxbury. I hate to sound like someone else here, but go spend a night in Baltimore or Camden or Chicago's South Side and come back and let's chat. The South End ain't Williamsburg; it ain't East New York either.

I realize all of the former neighborhoods of Roxbury (South End, Mission Hill, JP) would love to lop off the bad parts back to Roxbury to keep those housing prices high, but, guess what, that's your neighborhood too; and all the gentrification in the world won't make the problems just magically disappear.

The border of the city of Roxbury was a block west of there

By anon
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 9:44am

so calling it Roxbury is a recent development.

this is the south end, not roxbury

By anon
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 11:55am

i lived on this block. all the resident street signs say SOUTH END. the Roxbury signs start a little further down tremont around camden st

a standard debate

By daniel
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 12:17pm

And standard reading:
http://goodoldboston.blogspot.com/2011/01/that-con...

I always use the city of boston's parking definition which pushes South End down five blocks south-west of mass ave.

I think nobody argues that crossing Melnea Cass takes you into Roxbury. It's almost as if we need a new name for the island of land between Mass Ave, Melnea Cass and the rail. Lower Lower Roxbury? SWOMA?

Dorchester?

By Adeas
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 1:36pm

The Roxbury / South End line (if you go by parking permits) is Northampton St. Though the south side of Mass Ave is grouped into Roxbury from a Boston service districts point of view.

Where are you getting Dorchester from?

Dorchester

By Anon
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 2:55pm

Or rather certain parts of it are usually on the news when it comes to shootings, though lately it's been fairly quiet and most of the shootings have been happening in South End and JP.

Man shot in the leg on Tremont Street at Mass. Ave. in the South End

Comments

Call another community meeting

When did

Right after people started

Yes!! Thank you. I've been

Clutch those pearls a little tighter, please

The border of the city of Roxbury was a block west of there

this is the south end, not roxbury

a standard debate

Dorchester?

Dorchester