There are two places featured in this blogpost: both called Boston.
The first is Boston in Lincolnshire.
This small town is home to the Boston Stump.
I've been there about 4 times: twice when driving the school minibus to take teams to sports fixtures (though that was when I first started teaching and before I got a life...) and the other 2 were when the A47 was closed and I had to take a detour through the town.
Boston has a large percentage of residents who have moved into the town from other locations, and this has changed the character of the town.
This downloadable PDF from Refugee Support has a lot of fascinating detail on the influx, and would make an excellent resource for a group that was studying the impact of migration on a community.
The second Boston is in the United States of America.
This BOSTON GLOBE article describes a similar influx of migrants to this city, which has created a dramatic shift in the town's structure....
Good for population, cultural and urban geography investigations...
There are some amazing additional mapping resources that I discovered from this link:
Check out and follow the URBAN PHOTO BLOG Twitter stream for more useful links like these...
The first is Boston in Lincolnshire.
This small town is home to the Boston Stump.
I've been there about 4 times: twice when driving the school minibus to take teams to sports fixtures (though that was when I first started teaching and before I got a life...) and the other 2 were when the A47 was closed and I had to take a detour through the town.
Boston has a large percentage of residents who have moved into the town from other locations, and this has changed the character of the town.
This downloadable PDF from Refugee Support has a lot of fascinating detail on the influx, and would make an excellent resource for a group that was studying the impact of migration on a community.
The second Boston is in the United States of America.
This BOSTON GLOBE article describes a similar influx of migrants to this city, which has created a dramatic shift in the town's structure....
Good for population, cultural and urban geography investigations...
There are some amazing additional mapping resources that I discovered from this link:
- The CENSUS EXPLORER allows for the exploration of a lot of areas within the USA, in the area around New York.
- Racial change in New York
Check out and follow the URBAN PHOTO BLOG Twitter stream for more useful links like these...
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