Foreign students help fuel Bostons economy. For now.

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News Source : The Boston Globe

News Summary

  • International students play an outsized role in Greater Boston’s consumer economy
  • Their seemingly boundless spending materializes in flashy and unmissable ways
  • Many of the priciest condos in Boston are occupied by young adults from China and Saudi Arabia
  • Overall, international students spend $4 billion in Massachusetts annually, according to one estimate
Perhaps nowhere is foreign students influence more striking than the highrise buildings in Downtown Crossing and Fenway, where families frequently purchase condos for children studying oceans away, [+7732 chars]

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