Dorchester shame

The Cedar Grove Civic Association recently voted against the use of a local house as a group home for the mentally retarded. For shame, Christopher says:

... Our houses are worth more than ever before, our neighborhood is safe and yet there is real outrage that disabled people should want to live in this environment. The opponents of the house sale use fear of the unknown, fear of falling property values, fear of the mentally disabled to stoke their neighbors' ire. I live in Dorchester because I believe there is no substitute for the diversity and strength of community here. There is an ugly element of intolerance for anything or anyone that goes beyond the norm in the civic association's rejection of Bay Cove's bid to purchase the Chelmsford Street House. ...