Mission Hill Case Study

After visiting the Mission Hill area of Boston, it is easy to conclude that a family living in the area could mostly live off of local businesses for their basic needs. Once farmland, Mission Hill now includes hospitals, cheap housing for smaller families and college students, and plenty of local businesses for food. On average, families in the area are left over with $84.13 per week to spend on necessities. If budgeted right, this money could be spent on local businesses that fill the area instead of citizens going outside of Mission Hill to buy from larger corporations. In Mission Hill, most local businesses are food-centered, ranging from Chinese cuisine to small coffee shops. These small restaurants for the most part seem to have reasonable prices for meals; most starting at five dollars. Some even offer family sized meals for a little more money. Another cheap business in the area is the local Mini Mart, where people can buy popular food items such as bread and milk at a low price. However, even though there are many local businesses in the area

Although most business owners and citizens in the Mission Hill area started out as Irish Catholics, today more than fifty percent of citizens are non white. Because of this diversity in the area, local businesses in the area are also diverse. It is hard to tell whether or not the majority of business owners live in Mission Hill or commute, but it is likely that some live in the area. Whether or not this is true, the flow of money in and out of the area is greatly affected by this, especially if owners of local businesses are spending their salaries on raw materials outside of Mission Hill. There might be owners that are able to get raw materials from the weekly farmers market that comes to the area, but it depends what business they are running and how much they are able to spend after paying taxes and