Gentrification in Eastie and Southie leaves some behind

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http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/25/changingboston/bmw2iUSRDbV3u8JVm7zKvJ/story.html



Gina Scalcione, and her husband, Jack, are getting letters from developers offering to buy their house - without even seeing the inside and she does not want to move.

Gentrification in Eastie and Southie leaves some behind
By Beth Teitell Globe Staff March 25, 2016

The developers are circling. They want Gina and Jack Scalcione’s multifamily town house, and with big money to be made in gentrifying East Boston, their pitches are not subtle.

“We can buy your property today for top dollar!” promises one of the letters that have arrived in the couple’s mailbox. “If a cash sale on your property within 24 hours would interest you, please read on,” reads another.

An agent who stopped by offered the couple $950,000, and when that didn’t work, he upped his price to $1.2 million. Never even came inside.

“What’s the money going to do for me?” Gina Scalcione, an energetic woman, asked as she sat in the cozy kitchen she has known for most of her 75 years. “Where am I supposed to go?”