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In the Boston area the less dense neighborhoods are scarce so only the rich can afford them. I live in the Boston area and that doesn't sound right. I guess y
by galago 8y ago
In the Boston area the less dense neighborhoods are scarce so only the rich can afford them.
I live in the Boston area and that doesn't sound right. I guess you could say Brookline is low density and rich. But you have to consider the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, South End (north of Mass. Ave)--really the densest areas are the most expensive. Places like Chelsea, Roxbury, are cheaper and lower in density. Proximity to jobs, transit, and amenities is the driver of cost, and density goes with it.
- Finnucane 8y agoRight now, a house in Revere or Everett probably goes for about half of what a condo in Somerville or Cambridge would cost. So it is very location dependent. And of course, that was true in Somerville twenty or thirty years ago. The red line extension, the end of rent control in Cambridge, and the conversion of a lot of rental apartments into condos during the housing bubble changed Somerville a lot.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoI'm thinking in terms of everything inside I-95 as being Boston area. e.g Lexington (less dense and rich) vs Waltham (still not cheap but much cheaper and more dense than Lexington).