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Boston's suburbs becoming more diverse

Think the suburbs are homogenized? Think again. More and more, they’re looking like the city they surround

US Census data show that with each decade, the line that used to separate city and suburb in terms of race and ethnicity has become blurrier. In Massachusetts, as the towns of Lexington and Randolph illustrate, the growing diversity of the suburbs is a splintered story.

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