Neighborhoods change in thirty years

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gsabc · #1 Post by **gsabc** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:00 am

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/19 ... etail.html

Horrific local story. Older brother killed two of his sisters and would have killed a third if the police hadn't gotten him first. No clue on motive at this juncture, other than he had argued with a neighbor shortly beforehand.

My personal link is that this is about a half-mile from where I grew up, two blocks from where my cousins grew up, and less than a block from the elementary school mentioned which was also mine. I know, or knew, the neighborhood fairly well. Some friends lived around there. Kind of scary.

ghostjmf · #2 Post by **ghostjmf** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:17 pm

So sorry. Of course I heard the story, as its the big local story du jour. In this case, very sorry to be able to put any kind of "face" on it.

etaoin22 · #3 Post by **etaoin22** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:09 pm

My gut reaction -- not based on data, mind you -- just feeling:

Prison does marvellous things for a young man with an undiagnosed, or denied mental illness.

sunflower · #4 Post by **sunflower** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:26 pm

It's not necessarily the neighborhood if it was a family member. When I was a kid, a whole family was murdered by the father/husband, who then killed himself...down the street from my grandparents' house. It was a huge tragedy, but not indicative of the neighborhood. Although after that, none of the superstitious Italians wanted to buy homes in that neighborhood...to this day I kind of get freaked out when I see the house, even though it's been painted, relandscaped and made to look as different as possible.

Bob Juch · #5 Post by **Bob Juch** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:38 pm

sunflower wrote:It's not necessarily the neighborhood if it was a family member. When I was a kid, a whole family was murdered by the father/husband, who then killed himself...down the street from my grandparents' house. It was a huge tragedy, but not indicative of the neighborhood. Although after that, none of the superstitious Italians wanted to buy homes in that neighborhood...to this day I kind of get freaked out when I see the house, even though it's been painted, relandscaped and made to look as different as possible.

It's going to be tough to sell that house in Milton.

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