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<blockquote data-quote="Mercutio01" data-source="post: 4753402" data-attributes="member: 37277">Just a small plug for Davis Square.&nbsp; There's a group of poets and publishers that meet at the Au Bon Pain there from 9-12 on Saturdays.&nbsp; Anyone interested is welcome.&nbsp; EDIT - I should say large group, and one that has some fairly well known poets on the local and national levels, including Afaa Michael Weaver, Doug Holder, and Lo Gallucio.&nbsp; I'm just a lowly peon, but I still enjoy hanging out with industry veterans. I lived in Cambridge for 2 years, right across the street from the Alewife T stop.&nbsp; That was eminently convenient.&nbsp; But the rent priced me out when I left the Navy, so we moved to Revere.&nbsp; Most of Revere is to be avoided, but the area I live in (Point of Pines) has reasonably sized apartments (1200sq ft) at reasonable prices (~$1500).&nbsp; The T is just too far to walk, and the bike racks continually have bike pieces still locked to them, but since I work in Somerville, it doesn't matter anyway.&nbsp; North of Boston proper, there is no good public transportation around the edge.&nbsp; If I wanted to take public transportation from my apt to Somerville, I'd have to take the Blue line to the Green line to the Red line to a bus just to get the Somerville High, and then do the reverse on the way home.&nbsp; It's the one significant problem with the &quot;hub&quot; mentality in the area.&nbsp; There are tons of &quot;spokes&quot; from Boston to the burbs, but no way to transit the burbs, which sucks.Anyway, Medford is nice too.&nbsp; My daughter goes to day care there.&nbsp; Everett's not too bad.&nbsp; That's where my wife works.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercutio01, post: 4753402, member: 37277"] Just a small plug for Davis Square. There's a group of poets and publishers that meet at the Au Bon Pain there from 9-12 on Saturdays. Anyone interested is welcome. EDIT - I should say large group, and one that has some fairly well known poets on the local and national levels, including Afaa Michael Weaver, Doug Holder, and Lo Gallucio. I'm just a lowly peon, but I still enjoy hanging out with industry veterans. I lived in Cambridge for 2 years, right across the street from the Alewife T stop. That was eminently convenient. But the rent priced me out when I left the Navy, so we moved to Revere. Most of Revere is to be avoided, but the area I live in (Point of Pines) has reasonably sized apartments (1200sq ft) at reasonable prices (~$1500). The T is just too far to walk, and the bike racks continually have bike pieces still locked to them, but since I work in Somerville, it doesn't matter anyway. North of Boston proper, there is no good public transportation around the edge. If I wanted to take public transportation from my apt to Somerville, I'd have to take the Blue line to the Green line to the Red line to a bus just to get the Somerville High, and then do the reverse on the way home. It's the one significant problem with the "hub" mentality in the area. There are tons of "spokes" from Boston to the burbs, but no way to transit the burbs, which sucks. Anyway, Medford is nice too. My daughter goes to day care there. Everett's not too bad. That's where my wife works. [/QUOTE]

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