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Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a historic neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km2) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester, Dorset, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This dissolved municipality, Boston's largest neighborhood by far, is often divided by city planners in order to create two planning areas roughly equivalent in size and population to other Boston neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated on the ship Mary and John, among others.Founded in 1630, just a few months before the founding of the city of Boston, Dorchester now covers a geographic area approximately equivalent to nearby Cambridge. It was still a primarily rural town and had a population of 12,000 when it was annexed to Boston in 1870. Railroad and streetcar lines brought rapid growth, increasing the population to 150,000 by 1920. In the 2010 United States Census, the population was 92,115. Dorchester as a separate municipality would rank among the top five Massachusetts cities.
It has a very diverse population, which includes a large concentration of African Americans, European Americans (with large Irish American and Polish American immigrant populations), Caribbean Americans, Latinos, and East and Southeast Asian Americans. Dorchester also has a significant LGBT population, with active political groups and the largest concentration of same-sex couples in Boston after the South End and Jamaica Plain. Most of the people over the age of 25 have completed high school or obtained a GED.
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I do not consider my neighborhood age friendly. there is a big hill, the pharmacy is not walking distance, not big food market walking distance, very young area. up coming neighborhood. Young professionals are taking over and older residents are selling their property
It is very friendly.
It's sonewhat age unfriendly. There are not a lot of places to get a beer or go out for food. No place will deliver sushi to my address. There also aren't a lot of parks so it's unfriendly for you g families as well
Cause eveyone knows one another. .and help when you need it. .the age group is different. .they have cookouts and yard sales alot of people have dogs. They walk them all the time
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many resources that are available for seniors include Home health care, transportation, general livability like housing for seniors, parks, sidewalks for walking, stores restaurants etc.