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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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Transportation is good education needs a lot of work on public school Kids on the IED need more teachers and assistance so does regular education there not giving the kids the education they need there is not enough assistance or teachers or patience
I appreciate Dorchester because there are many different restaurants and businesses, run by local business owners. They are loving, kind, and welcoming. They speak to you and not at you, and get excited to service you and make you feel welcomed into the community.
Transportion- Is in walking distance on the corner of each street Transit busses on both opposite side of Blue Hill Ave. going from Mattapan station to Duley station more then one bus line is intransit on this route make this easy to commute.
I love working with people and helping them I've worked with older people and younger kids with disabilities
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It's very quiet, out of the city life ,