‘A cottage industry’

Part of South Boston.

“South Boston {aka ‘Southie’} was, and arguably still is, the most politically active community in Massachusetts. It abounds both in widely known politicians and aspirants lusting to replace them in office….Politics was a cottage industry, a spectator sport and, I suppose, the nearest thing we had to a real-life drama, sitcom or game show.’’

“Billy” Bulger in the late ‘80s.

— William M. Bulger (born 1934), from South Boston, served as president of the Massachusetts Senate and as president of the University of Massachusetts. His brother was the infamous mobster James “Whitey” Bulger.