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Originally Posted by Quixote
In the most literal sense, it could be said that Boston is the most WASPy metro, but a good amount of those claiming English ancestry probably assimilated into the Catholic culture.
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Boston is historically America's most Catholic city, and WASP is obviously defined in contrast or opposition to that. So yeah, the English (and Scottish) descendants who assimilated into the Irish Catholic community would be excluded. And there may be more than one thinks.
Scituate
Irish 46.1%
English/American 28.9%
Scottish 3.5%
Cohasset
Irish 41.7%
English/American 19%
Scottish 6%
These communities have an Irish American character, it's unclear to what extent these descendants of New England Yankees (and likely, Canadian Maritimers) have become part of the Irish community, or if they're just living alongside them.