Yuppies versus Townies - The Battle for Housing in Charlestown
submitted by djfrazer
on 10/04/17
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From the time capsule - June 1987: Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn announces the establishment of a youth sailing program in the Charlestown neighborhood where American colonists stood their ground in a losing battle against the British in the early days of the American Revolution. As Marcus Jones reports, on this day, 212 years later, Charlestown "Townies" found themselves in the midst of another revolution - a housing revolution pitting the rich against the poor.
