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Boston is an historic city of contrasts. Ancient red-brick sidewalks twist past handsome Federalist houses on the way to soaring glass towers housing state-of-the-art technology. The sports teams are the best loved and the most hated at one and the same time. Residents are fiercely protective of their neighborhoods and fiercely critical of the MBTA, the government and the weather.
In the harbors of Boston lie both the majestic U.S.S. Constitution, still commissioned to fight America's battles, and scores of sleek white fiberglass pleasure boats.
There are tiny restaurants tucked into rosy brick town houses on Beacon Hill and huge restaurants on the dizzying tops of skyscrapers in the downtown. Food ranges from the most radical of nouvelle chic to downhome Cajun. Boston is a diverse modern city of neighborhoods.
From the North End to Bay Village, Back Bay to the South End, Jamaica Plain to Charlestown, thecity shows its diversity of populations, of languages, of foods and philosophies. Immigrants from every corner of the globe have been welcomed by the city and re-shaped into Americans whose memories and customs enrich the community.
Boston is a city where politics is everyone's hobby but sports are taken very seriously; where you can hear six different languages in Filene's Basement in one morning; where the world's largest record store and the stately dome of the Mother Church of Christian Science are in the same neighborhood, and where gilded stone lions and a towering 60-story wedge of glass comfortably rub shoulders.
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School System Info
MCAS Ranking (of 351 towns) in State:
10th Grade Math: |
154 |
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10th Grade Eng: |
163 |
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8th Grade Math: |
169 |
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8th Grade Eng: |
179 |
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8th Grade Science: |
182 |
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4th Grade Math: |
213 |
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4th Grade Eng: |
230 |
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Spending/Student:
$11,795
Average SAT scores:
1349
Student/Teacher Ratios:
11.7 to 1
Community
Population:599,351 Median Income in town: $51,688 Population Density: (people per square mile)
Crime Rate (per 1000 residents):
Property: 47.3 / 1,000
Violent: 12.2 / 1,000
Real Estate
Number of active:
Singles/Condos/Multis:
14
/ 172
/ 3
Median home price this year: N/A Median home price last year: $335,000
Median home price 5 yrs ago: $380,000
% change since last year: N/A
% change since 5 years ago: -13%
Avg single family tax bill:
$3,093
Transportation
Rail info: (T stops, commuter rail stops)
Back Bay Bellevue (Needham Line) Fairmount (Fairmount Line) Forest Hills (Needham Line) Highland (Needham Line) Hyde Park (Franklin Line) Hyde Park (Providence/Stoughton Line) JFK/Umass Morton Street (Fairmount Line) North Station Readville (Fairmount Line) Roslindale Village (Needham Line) Ruggles South Station Uphams Corner Station (Fairmount Line) West Roxbury (Needham Line) Yawkey
Subway info:
Red Line Green Line Orange Line Blue Line
Bus lines:
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 57, 60, 65, 66, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 118
Miles to Boston:
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Drive time to Boston (minutes):
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
$534,000
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Beautiful front floor facing unit, in Grande Brownstone, nice open floor plan, with Bay windows, crown moldings, high ceilings, hardwood floors, wainscotting, great Kitchen plenty of storage and built ins, luxury Bathroom with jacuzzi and double shower. laundry in unit, custom closets, walk in storage stereo wiring in each room. This is a great unit in a great location call today!
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Condo
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TYPE:
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
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TYPE:
Single Family
PRICE:
$4,495,000
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TYPE:
Condo
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Condo
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TYPE:
Condo
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TYPE:
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PRICE:
$349,000
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
$350,000
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
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TYPE:
Condo
PRICE:
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TYPE:
Condo
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TYPE:
Single Family
PRICE:
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TYPE:
Condo
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TYPE:
Condo
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