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Old 07-07-2015, 01:17 PM
 
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The best values in Boston (newer stuff with reasonable HOA fees) seem to be in this zip code. I get that there are no waterviews/not real close to the common/not Back Bay but is there anything really wrong with this area?
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Old 07-07-2015, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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Bad air quality, noise, congested. Once had a lot of crime and contained the infamous Combat Zone and parts of Chinatown were dirty and smelly with trash all over the street. It is currently pretty clean and safe and convenient.
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Old 07-07-2015, 02:13 PM
 
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Noisy, dirty, crowded, a bit on the sleezy side if you ask me, with all of the people walking around, the restaurant and shop deliveries, and 'deals' happening (as in nonsense/trouble), yet still expensive because it's in the city (you could walk to the financial district, for example, or to south station). It's ... Chinatown.
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Old 07-07-2015, 05:00 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Bad air quality, noise, congested. Once had a lot of crime and contained the infamous Combat Zone and parts of Chinatown were dirty and smelly with trash all over the street. It is currently pretty clean and safe and convenient.
Chinatown's streets are still not clean. Safer yes but still very grimy. I don't think it will drastically ever change.
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Old 07-08-2015, 08:54 AM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA/London, UK
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Chinatown's streets are still not clean. Safer yes but still very grimy. I don't think it will drastically ever change.
Hopefully not too much ever. Chinatowns around the world are getting more and more "Disneyfied" as the community migrates to the suburbs (Similar to what is happening in Quincy and Malden here) But Boston's Chinatown has stayed relatively authentic and hopefully it stays that way for a very long time.
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