LadyGreyIcedTea t1_itewirp wrote
Dorchester is a neighborhood of Boston and Savin Hills, Fields Corner, Clam Point, etc. are neighborhoods of Dorchester.
Direct-Pressure-7452 t1_itfhe2w wrote
Dorchester was a separate town founded in 1630 by puritans who came from Dorchester, England. It was actually founded a few months before Boston. In 1870 it was still mainly a rural town, when it was annexed by Boston. Mattapan was part of Doechester . Mattapan was the Native American name for that area
LadyGreyIcedTea t1_itgvad3 wrote
A lot of neighborhoods of Boston were previously separate and then annexed. Roslindale was originally part of the town of Roxbury. Then JP, Rozzie and W. Rox seceded from Roxbury in 1851 and eventually voted to be annexed into Boston in 1873. Roxbury was annexed separately in 1868.
shitz_brickz t1_ith14ab wrote
Incep-neighborhood.
jamesland7 t1_itewy2b wrote
Ugh, i wish they had something like “borough” for the official sections of the city i.e. Dorchester/Hyde Park etc
GM_Pax t1_iteylju wrote
Well, Dorchester was, once long ago, a separate town entirely, with it's own neighborhoods.
Then the town was annexed by Boston, becoming a neighborhood of that city.
The old divisions of that area, however, persist as neighborhoods within Dorchester.
Conan776 t1_itf5rq0 wrote
The word you are looking for is "part". Dorchester is a part of Boston.
Puzzleheaded_Ad_7204 t1_itgjn1z wrote
“Parishes” of Dorchester would maybe work.
arch_llama t1_itjrw1n wrote
Why? How about you just learn about the place you moved to instead of getting mad it's not what you're used to?
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