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Academic_Guava_4190 t1_ir3vugf wrote

Medford seems like an outlier here.

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Chippopotanuse t1_ir4x2jv wrote

It’s right next to Tufts. Get a lot of Somerville/Cambridge overflow.

It’s come a long way since the gritty “Meffa” days back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s when guys like the Saccos and Shawn Bates ruled the town.

That said, yeah, I’d have at least forty towns ahead of it in Mass alone.

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Academic_Guava_4190 t1_ir4y3id wrote

I guess it’s been awhile since I spent significant time in Medford. Some of my family lived there in the 80s/90s and it has always had nicer areas. I was wondering if they had only been to the Tufts or West Medford areas. Back in the day the parts near Somerville were the worst frankly, but I guess some of the gentrifiers crossed the border.

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