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Over 10 years ago, I lived in Cambridge, MA and I found a distinct difference between Cambridge, Boston and Somerville.
When I'd go drinking, Cambridge bars were full of nerds and other educated people. I always had fun and the atmosphere was more laid back. When I'd go to Boston, there were more tourists, as well as suburban and urban tough guys looking to start ****- Not to mention the bouncers who loved to beat people for the smallest infractions. I generally preferred to drink in Cambridge for the better atmosphere.
However, day to day life, Cambridge seemed a bit more uptight. Then, I'd cross the border into Somerville and people seemed a bit more "real" and less inside their own heads. More working class in those days.
Over 10 years ago, I lived in Cambridge, MA and I found a distinct difference between Cambridge, Boston and Somerville.
When I'd go drinking, Cambridge bars were full of nerds and other educated people. I always had fun and the atmosphere was more laid back. When I'd go to Boston, there were more tourists, as well as suburban and urban tough guys looking to start ****- Not to mention the bouncers who loved to beat people for the smallest infractions. I generally preferred to drink in Cambridge for the better atmosphere.
However, day to day life, Cambridge seemed a bit more uptight. Then, I'd cross the border into Somerville and people seemed a bit more "real" and less inside their own heads. More working class in those days.
Been to Davis Square in Somerville since the subway extension opened?
That district came alive after that. Assembly Square at the city's opposite end gave it a little bit of Instant Urbanism on a brownfield site.
I remember Somerville in the 1970s being a somewhat sleepy place (one of my college roomies hailed from Somerville, btw). I wouldn't say that now. But it is still more working-class than Cambridge. (Davis Square has a university next door to it — Tufts — so that too may account for some of the difference after the subway arrived.)
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