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18 COMMUNITY GUIDES
Compare 18 Greater Boston communities by housing, transportation, schools and ownership costs. Check school assignment and commute options for the specific address you are considering.
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01 / GREATER BOSTON
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01 / Boston neighborhoods
A planned nineteenth-century district, where exterior work goes through design review.
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02 / Boston neighborhoods
Historic streets beside the Common, with review for what can be seen from them.
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03 / Boston neighborhoods
Two Green Line branches, a Commuter Rail stop, and condominiums built across a century.
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04 / West of Boston
A separate town organized along two Green Line branches.
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05 / West of Boston
Thirteen villages, each with its own center and its own route into Boston.
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06 / West of Boston
A city with its own downtown, two Commuter Rail stops and housing of every age.
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07 / Cambridge & the inner suburbs
Thirteen neighborhoods, five Red Line stations and a city of mostly older housing.
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08 / Cambridge & the inner suburbs
A city of squares, now with Green Line stations, and its own condo conversion rules.
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09 / Cambridge & the inner suburbs
No rail station: buses along Massachusetts Avenue and the Minuteman Bikeway to Alewife.
Connection shown: Alewife in Cambridge, outside Arlington.
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10 / Cambridge & the inner suburbs
Two Fitchburg Line stations, three village centers and mostly single-family homes.
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11 / North & northwest
No subway or Commuter Rail station: a town reached by bus, bike path and car.
Connection shown: Alewife in Cambridge, outside Lexington.
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12 / North & northwest
Two Lowell Line stations, the Middlesex Fells and a mix of houses and condominiums.
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13 / North & northwest
A Lowell Line station, three bus routes and newly built condominiums.
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14 / North & northwest
Green Line, Orange Line and Commuter Rail, with the Fells to the north.
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15 / North & northwest
Two stations, each served by both the Orange Line and the Haverhill Line.
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16 / North & northwest
Three Haverhill Line stations, the Orange Line at Oak Grove next door and the Fells.
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No subway or Commuter Rail station: a city served by buses to Wellington, Sullivan Square and Malden.
Connection shown: Wellington in Medford, outside Everett.
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18 / South Shore gateway
Four Red Line stations, Commuter Rail at Quincy Center and a long shoreline.
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