The latest map showing neighborhood income patterns suggests that Menino can stop worrying. For one thing, the number of what demographers classify as the more prosperous neighborhoods has remained stable from 1990 to 1997, the most recent year for which there is information. Second, the number of mixed-income neighborhoods in the city has increased over the past seven years. And, as any urban planner will tell you, mixed income neighbors make for a vibrant, desirable place to live.
Many specialists think it is the latter.
If that's the case, the city's increase in those desirable mixed-income neighborhoods is coming at a price. Inc. Click here for assistance . Please read our user agreement and user information privacy policy .