Seaport

[Urban Peasant]

I worked for a number of years in the Seaport and have traversed just about every part of it. The Seaport is sterile but ugly. It reeks of opulent new wealth, the type of wealth brought in from newly arrived out of towners just with the purpose of spending lots of money and living the good life as opposed to raising families or developing a community. That's why there really isn't a sense of community there. There's still a part by the Port of Boston and the Marine Industrial Park that remains very industrial and will probably remain the same because the Port isn't going anywhere.

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by Urban Peasant

I worked for a number of years in the Seaport and have traversed just about every part of it. The Seaport is sterile but ugly. It reeks of opulent new wealth, the type of wealth brought in from newly arrived out of towners just with the purpose of spending lots of money and living the good life as opposed to raising families or developing a community. That's why there really isn't a sense of community there. There's still a part by the Port of Boston and the Marine Industrial Park that remains very industrial and will probably remain the same because the Port isn't going anywhere.

I can't imagine raising a family in the seaport.

[yesmaybe]

Originally Posted by msRB311

I can't imagine raising a family in the seaport.

Dog Family

[BruinsGirl]

It really depends on lifestyle. I can see mature parents devoting time to kids and their activities. Various activities, private schools. Boston offers so much to raise well developed kids. In suburbs it’s also not necessarily about community. Large private houses … babysitters, chauffeurs. Kids still can have friends. Just not necessarily right where they live.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by BruinsGirl

It really depends on lifestyle. I can see mature parents devoting time to kids and their activities. Various activities, private schools. Boston offers so much to raise well developed kids. In suburbs it’s also not necessarily about community. Large private houses … babysitters, chauffeurs. Kids still can have friends. Just not necessarily right where they live.

commute kills it. I bet there are about 50 kids living in the Seaport. Maybe 10 of em being teens.

[id77]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

commute kills it. I bet there are about 50 kids living in the Seaport. Maybe 10 of em being teens.

https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/02210/ says 71 children aged 0-17. Some of the 18s might be kids at home too, but I'm guessing they're college students given the sudden spike.

The majority of households in Seaport also fall in the age range of 25-44, which also explains the lack of older children as waiting until 35-40 to start having kids is pretty common around here.

I'm a little surprised that there are 0 kids in public school. Even Beacon Hill/Back Bay has about around a third of the kids enrolled in BPS.

[lrfox]

I'm not too surprised there aren't a ton of families in the Seaport yet, but I also wouldn't expect that to always be the case. Most "family" neighborhoods take generations to establish. If the Seaport is always a place where 20-30 something professionals briefly rent overpriced apartments before moving on and older, affluent people buy condos, then it may never have much of a family element. But if even a fraction of those 20-30 somethings renting like it enough to establish roots there, the number of kids will jump. I think the latter is definitely possible, but it'll take time to get to that point.