AdvertisementSouth Boston Transformed In Whitey Bulger's AbsenceJuly 18, 2013Curt NickischfacebookEmailFour decades after James "Whitey" Bulger first rose to power, "Southie" is not what it used to be. The once blue-collar, Irish-Catholic neighborhood is now an ethnic melting pot that has been invaded by young urban professionals who have gentrified the area and smoothed out its once-rough edges. (AP)