South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. One of the oldest and most historic neighborhoods in the US, South Boston is most popularly known as Southie or “God’s Country” Although still popularly known as a working class Irish-American neighborhood, it is also home to the Boston area’s small but vibrant Polish and Lithuanian communities, and its demographics are rapidly changing. South Boston contains Dorchester Heights, where George Washington forced British troops to evacuate during the American Revolutionary War. South Boston’s real estate market has exploded in recent years and South Boston has seen property values join the highest in the city.
