Settling into Eastie

Zakcq notices that the latest issue of ArchitectureBoston is all about East Boston, which gets him to thinking about how his attitude about the neighborhood has changed:

... When I first moved to Eastie two years ago, I choose it because it was relatively cheap, safe and had good transit. I would say that for the 6 months or so, we were hoping to move into the city more at some point, but now I don't really feel that way anymore. The process that we've been living through here has been an invaluable learning experience. You find yourself at times loving the new improvements, like the parks or some of the new buildings, and at other times lamenting what is being lost, like the two beautiful brick buildings on Chelsea Street the were removed for some reason last year. ...