Our Population Puzzle

White flight doesn't seem to be happening after all. What, if anything, does this say about Boston?

By TOM KEANE

October 12, 2008

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Something funny is happening to Boston's new status as a "majority-minority" city - that is, as a place with more nonwhite residents than white. It might not last long. After the 2000 Census documented a white population that had dropped to 49.5 percent, it seemed inevitable that Boston would follow the path blazed by some other US cities, becoming more ... (Full article: 739 words)