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The wisdom of our choices

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...provides information to assist with community planning and problem solving; includes civic health, cultural life and the arts, economy, education, environment, housing, public health, public safety, technology, and transportation; among the many statistics given are: religious donations by neighborhood 1998 / political donations by neighborhood 1998 / other charitable donations by neighborhood 1998 / voter participation rates for federal state and local elections 1992-1999 / percent of Boston residents who trust their neighbors by neighborhood 1999 / percent of high level executives and managers of color 1998 / number of arts education teachers in the Boston public schools / number and range of recreational facilities in Boston / percent of students receiving free or reduced priced lunches in metropolitan Boston communties 1990 / change in family poverty rates by neighborhood 1980-1990 / ratio of students to teachers by grade level 1997/ attendance by grade level 1994-1997 / fishability and swimmability of Boston rivers 1997 / swimmability and boatability of the Charles River 1995-1998 / number of brownfield sites by Boston neighborhood 1999 / acres of wetlands by Boston neighborhood 1998 / number of birds and number of species sighted in one day at Belle Isle Marsh and Leverett Pond 1999 / Peregrine Falcons fledged in Boston 1988-1998 / acres by 1000 people of open space by neighborhood 1999 / park cleanliness and condition ratings / public works cleanliness ratings of streets 2000 / top and bottom 15 communities that meet the state's affordable housing goals / prenatal care begun in the first trimester by neighborhood / self reported alcohol use, illegal drug use, and contraceptive use by public high school students / youth (16 and under) arrests in Boston by year 1993-1999 / reported incidence of housing development crime in Boston 1993-1999 / citizen perception of safety by neighborhod 1999 / youth perception of public safety / percent of Boston and Metropolitan Boston household with home computers and internet access 1998 / computer ownership by educational attainment 1998 / combined computer ownership and internet use by race and Hispanic origin in Boston 1998 / actual incidence of crime on the MBTA 1996, etc...

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