Springfield is Detroit on a smaller scale. I agree that Boston metro area will never look that bad. Money and demographics keep things fairly stable. So do attitudes. I still remember the reaction to METCO students in the ‘70s.
Yes on Boston.
Busing was before my time, but I've seen and heard what was going on when it was being implemented - by a liberal judge who lived in (S)Wellesley no less.
“Do as I say, not as I do”, the liberal mantra.