Roving Camera 02-08-2018
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I like that there are corporations coming in, but I hate gentrification. They’re pushing low income people out of the neighborhoods. —Alia Ortiz, Student, Roxbury
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I think it’s changing for the better, but in Roxbury, long-term residents are being pushed out and mom-and pop stores are seeing their rents go sky high.—Allen Knight, Librarian, Dorchester
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I’ve been here five years and I’ve seen changes. They’re developing more housing, but for rich people only. Low-income people have nothing. More whites are moving in. Blacks are moving out.—Brenda Scinson, Homemaker, Roxbury
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Yes. Things are cleaner. There’s less crime. They’re trying to help the homeless.—Jose Cincel, Unemployed, Boston
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Yes. A lot of things are better. There are a lot of new buildings, but there’s still too many homeless people on the streets and not enough jobs.—Linda Hollins, Retired, Dorcehster
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No. There’s still a lot of violence and homelessness.—Sheila Hector, Caretaker, Roxbury