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Cambridge is a city of 100k people, not a suburb. For comparison, Boston has 600k.

• ummonk 8y ago
  I wouldn't describe Cambridge as a suburb, but plenty of suburbs have populations larger than 100k.
  • CydeWeys 8y ago
    The key distinction is that suburbs are largely residential and composed of lower density housing, which does not describe Cambridge accurately.
    • ben7799 8y ago
      Waltham is further away too and has > 100k people. It's hard to say if these cities are suburbs or not. Waltham, Newton, Cambridge, etc.. are very dense. There is a clear delineation in density with a lot of these. Usually it's whether the town/city is inside 95, but Lexington is not very dense and is inside.. I think Lexington fits the mold of suburb where as Newton & Waltham feel urban.
      • CydeWeys 8y ago
        What about Somerville? I've been there a few times and at least the parts I was in felt more like a small city than the suburbs. Everything was well-connected with mass transit and walking seemed to be a very popular mode of transportation (which it isn't in the 'true' suburbs I've been to).