> You were gatekeeping the guy by saying more or less that being a Boston resident was a requirement.

Yes, living in the city of Boston is a requirement for calling yourself a Boston resident. Idk how that is controversial.

> Not remotely sure what Somerville’s cost has to do with the price of fish except bolstering the point made at the top of this thread that people have been priced out of Boston.

If they can afford to live in Somerville they haven’t been “priced out” of Boston. The median rent in Somerville is $3k a month, that’s higher than a great deal of, if not most, neighborhoods is Boston.