Community Information
South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. One of the oldest and most historic neighborhoods in the US, South Boston is most popularly known as Southie. Although still popularly known as a working class Irish-American neighborhood, it is also home to the Boston area’s small but vibrant Polish and Lithuanian communities, and its demographics are rapidly changing. In addition to being home to some of the oldest housing projects in the United States, South Boston has also more recently seen property values join the highest in the city.