Cambridge
Most walkable and most bikeable city in the state; Harvard and MIT in your backyard.
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What Cambridge residents actually say
3 quotes · sourced from RedditPulled from r/boston, r/massachusetts, and town subreddits. Lightly edited for grammar only. The tradeoff quote is on purpose. The honest stuff is what makes the rest believable.
Walking to the squares, the river, the Red Line, all of it. Rent is brutal but the convenience of never needing a car genuinely changes how you live.
Rent costs across Cambridge are frustrating and not getting better. If your salary doesn't comfortably clear the rent math, this isn't the place. If it does, you'll forget what owning a car felt like.
Incredibly diverse, all ethnic backgrounds and income levels. Crime exists and there are people experiencing homelessness, but I've never felt uneasy walking alone or with my family.
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