Areas near the waterfront are filled with attractions, including the historic Faneuil Hall marketplace, an excellent aquarium, and numerous shops and restaurants, and the historic North End. Downtown is a recreation destination, bustling with business and government workers and tourists at most times of day, most times of the year. In fact, Boston, necessitated by geography and the spread of suburbs all around, has an excellent and well used commuter rail system — anyone planning to work downtown is well served to get familiar with it.
As a general rule, arts and culture amenities in downtown Boston and the entire area are exceptional, and most, like the Boston Pops and the Museum of Fine Arts, are well known beyond the city limits. That tradition goes well beyond the limits of downtown. Suburban Boston is really a series of old towns, set up and distanced in the days of horseback a few miles apart. These towns, some along main corridors, some connected by roads following old Indian trails that seem to wind endlessly through the woods and past one stately home after another, are generally preserved as much as possible in their original form.
Each neighborhood has its own little town center, clean, functional, accessible, and dominated by local businesses. There are some areas of more modern retail and restaurants, but these are generally kept to a minimum and are compelled to conform visually with the surroundings.
The result: housing is expensive, but it is a good value. Downtown is a world class financial center, employing tens of thousands.
The city has two beltways. The tradition persists today, although the industry now centers on biotech and emerging technologies. The employment picture in recent years has been mixed, partly due to rollover in startup firms and to high business costs.
The latter seems to affect businesses such as textiles and shipbuilding the hardest. There are still several industrial areas, but industry and manufacturing do not define the future. Businesses with a stronger research and development component are more likely to prosper. Commutes to these areas generally require a car, and traffic and long commutes are a concern. The Boston-Quincy metro area starts downtown, where living accommodations are either expensive high-rises or the posh historical gem of Beacon Hill just west of the main downtown business district.
Older, more working class neighborhoods lie south in Quincy, Braintree, and Dedham, mixed in with commercial areas. From there, living choices lie primarily along three corridors. The I corridor, farthest west and south of the inner beltway, is the fastest growing area, especially out towards Foxboro and beyond.
Excellent family communities can be found in and around Westwood, Sharon, and Attleboro. The State Route 24 corridor to the east is more commercial but also has good residential areas: Randolph, Avon and the old mill town of Brockton. Finally, areas south and west of State Route 3 offer excellent housing and good values — the Hanovers and the Pembrokes are classic with lots of small lakes adding to the scenery.
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Local government website: www. Average household size: This city: 2. Percentage of family households: This city: Percentage of households with unmarried partners: This city: 7. Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning, spawning what became known as the Waltham-Lowell system of labor and production.
The city is now a center for research and higher education, home to Brandeis University and Bentley University. Waltham School Building Committee Meeting. ZBA Public Meeting. License Commission Meeting. Conservation Commission Meeting. WPS - Thanksgiving Break. November 15, - am. November 17, - pm. November 18, - pm to pm.
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