[KSigkid]

Hmmm...I'll try to explain as best I can, and if you need more info/specifics, you can PM me. Nicole will definitely be able to add to this, as will Rob.

It's generally a chill atmosphere, mainly college students and young professionals. Most older people live in the suburbs, so the city itself is fairly young. There are tons of restaurants, bars, clubs and similar places where you can go out at night, but there is also theatre, art and music to find your cultural side. The Theatre District (not a nice section to live) has much of this culture, but there's also the Boston Pops, the Museum of Fine Art and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

For sports, there's the Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins, plus the Patriots out in Foxboro (a suburb, 30 min ride from Boston).

The areas are broken down like this, although realty prices in the area are high, so you'll never find anything cheap:

Nice/wealthy areas: Brookline/Chestnut Hill, lower Commonwealth Avenue, Beacon Street, Beacon Hill.

High middle class: The Fens, Back Bay, Coolidge Corner, parts of Southie, the North End.

Rough areas: Dorchester, parts of Southie

There can be quite a bit of drop-off from the nice to the not-so-nice. Some areas, like Allston/Brighton and Cambridge have some really nice places to live and a solid mix of people, while also having rougher areas. In general though the city is highly segmented.

Honestly though, you can find nice apartments/places to go in the sketchy areas. The above is just a rough sketch.


I'll get to more as I think of it, PM me with any questions; Nicole probably knows more than I do about this topic.
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