For anyone who’s interested in #mapoli and how metro #Boston became a tech powerhouse and a suburban bastion of upper-class liberalism in the late-20th Century, this is a must read #bookrec !!

Lily Geismer covers the development and intersection of hyper-local MA governance, #zoning & environmental preservation, educational fiefdoms & #METCO, #MIT & #DoD, taxes & prop2.5, and more, by focusing on data from key towns and cities along routes 2 and 128.