Japonica Brown-Saracino & Landon Lauder quoted in new Boston.com article
An article published today on Boston.com explores the question “When can you say you’re ‘from Boston’?” It goes on to examine why the question, “So, where are you from?” can surprisingly be difficult to answer even for people called Boston home for many years.
Japonica Brown-Saracino is quoted in the article, explaining: “As neighborhoods gentrify, there’s often an effort to highlight the culture of certain long-time residents…This usually happens just as those same residents are being pushed out by rising costs.”
Landon Lauder is also quoted: “The feeling of loss highlights belonging… to lose something, you have to be part of something,” recalling the closure of the beloved LGBTQ+ nightclub Machine. “For me, losing [Machine] was a pivotal moment where I felt, ‘Oh, I was part of a community, but now it doesn’t exist anymore.’”
Read the article in its entirety here.