The aim of this study is to find out if or to what
extent residential context can explain attitudes toward
immigration. Although immigration is a global phenomenon,
the practical challenges related to integration need to be
solved locally. For integration to succeed, the majority
pop- ulation needs to accept the influx of new and different
cultures as part of a common society. Against this
background, it is important to understand the basis of
different opinions on im- migration and how they are
dispersed in the local community. We make use of large data
set (n=2977) on attitudes toward immigration in Turku
collected in 2012. It allows us to analyze how attitudes
toward immigration vary within different parts of the
municipality and whether neighborhood context can explain
attitudes toward immigration. We find that the most potent
explanation related to residential context is the general
sentiment toward immigration in a neighborhood.