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The Liberal Suburb Paradox: How 'Great Schools' Around Boston Encode Class and Geography

Affluent Boston suburbs vote Democratic by 30 to 50-point margins while preserving some of the country's most exclusionary housing systems. The mechanism isn't bigotry. It's price, lot size, and the quiet sorting power of 'great schools.'

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The Liberal Suburb Paradox: How 'Great Schools' Around Boston Encode Class and Geography

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