Most North “hood” in the northeast (Boston, Worcester: transplants, loft)

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by Urban Peasant

Heck even when the Lowell High School kids are let out in the afternoon, they're even more polite than some of the absolutely intimidating yobos down here in Boston ,

Boston kids are (usually/in the past?) pretty different than anywhere else in the state IMO, more of a 'big city' vibe from them. Hard to describe.

[MassNative2891]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Boston kids are (usually/in the past?) pretty different than anywhere else in the state IMO, more of a 'big city' vibe from them. Hard to describe.

Cambridge youth as well. All the "hip" stores and especially in the 80s-00s the "East Coast" inner city vibe was live up there.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by MassNative2891

Cambridge youth as well. All the "hip" stores and especially in the 80s-00s the "East Coast" inner city vibe was live up there.

Yea, Cambridge and Chelsea too.

[BPt111]

Springfield and Holyoke seem to be worst in Mass what about Pittsfield what there ?

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Springfield and Holyoke seem to be worst in Mass what about Pittsfield what there ?

Yea in terms of crime yes but in terms of a more “vibrant” hood culture it’s would be in Eastern Mass. it’s too suburban and low density, even if it is poor and heavily minority. Pittsfield had a hood yes it’s small but it’s a hood .

[massnative71]

The one or two times I been to Springfield, all I could think of was "I feel like I just time traveled to the Boston hoods of the early 90s".

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Yea, Cambridge and Chelsea too.

My older cousin grew up in Cambridge, and based on our experience (small pool, I know) I feel that youth in Cambridge have always been a bit different than youth in Boston even when Cambridge as a whole was grittier. I feel like their schools and neighborhoods have always been a bit more integrated, and I find their mannerisms to be a bit more New England-y if that makes sense. Like more reserved and "if I know you, I know you. If I don't, I don't" vs Boston's tough-guy, popularity contest.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by Boston Shudra

My older cousin grew up in Cambridge, and based on our experience (small pool, I know) I feel that youth in Cambridge have always been a bit different than youth in Boston even when Cambridge as a whole was grittier. I feel like their schools and neighborhoods have always been a bit more integrated, and I find their mannerisms to be a bit more New England-y if that makes sense. Like more reserved and "if I know you, I know you. If I don't, I don't" vs Boston's tough-guy, popularity contest.

I’m really thinking of the black and Latino youth that make up the majority of the kids in those cities. Cambridge and Boston are more or less similar with Cambridge kids being more NYC like/fashionable sort of like Roxbury or South End kids... but not like Dorchester Hyde Park Roslindale East Boston kids.

White kids from Cambridge are more or less suburban or very liberal. White kids from Boston are 1. a lot Rarer. But 2. More Mark Wahlbergy.

[GeoffD]

What is the percentage of under-18 in these cities compared to the whole state? Massachusetts has almost 7 million people. 19.6% are under 18 so ~1.3 million. Boston is 692,000 and only 12.1% are under 18. There isn't much "urban 'hood".

[mdovell]

Originally Posted by massnative71

The one or two times I been to Springfield, all I could think of was "I feel like I just time traveled to the Boston hoods of the early 90s".

I can kinda see that. The public schools put in uniforms though a long time ago. All it took was one south end council member to keep the heat on to make that happen. Reminds me there was a store in Holyoke that said "NY Fashions" There's also ALOT more tattoos in western Mass.