Cambridge, MA Reviews

Lots of changes - 6/24/2015
Cambridge is a great place to live. It is rather expensive, but has great access to Boston, schools and hospitals. There is a lot of construction underway that can be tough at times to navigate Read More

Tap water quality ranking in USA - 10/12/2012
Need info on test results on tap or drinking water quality, 02139 Green St area. Read More

Cambridge is Education Hub - 7/23/2012
Home to both Harvard and MIT, Cambridge is the cornerstone of higher education. Residents are very intelligent and open to new ideas.  Read More

Hard to beat - 4/7/2012
Quality of life in Cambridge, MA, is just hard to beat. In the same place, you find a lively college town, a world-class research and development clustered thanks to the presence of Harvard and MIT, an active an diverse cultural life, and a beautiful scenery dominated by the Charles Read More

Weather not so bad, job opportunities are great - 1/5/2012
Boston and Cambridge get a bad rap for being super cold, snowy, and expensive, but the truth is not nearly so bad.

Having grown up in Texas, my first winter here I thought I was going to die -- for about 2 weeks. And then I bought a good coat and got used to the chilly weather and started to really enjoy the snow. I moved away for a few years and lived in Wisconsin, and now that I'm back, I can honestly say that the winters here are not bad at all! The temperatures are pretty mild compared to the Great Plains, and if you dress right, you won't have a problem. Yes, on average we get about 4 feet of snow, but it's spread out over the winter, and if you rent, chances are you won't have to shovel a sidewalk. Better yet, don't bring a car to the city (you don't need one!) and you'll never have to shovel it out, either. I really love the snowfall -- it's very beautiful. And I don't really mind shoveling out my car, since the exercise is invigorating.

The Read More

Nice but not worth it - 9/15/2011
Cambridge is a great place, but housing prices are killer. After 15 years renting we are moving to a more affordable city. Read More

Cambridge Rules - 7/7/2010
While tourists in Harvard Square certainly are annoying, they are there to visit a symbol of what makes Cambridge great: its educational institutions.

Oh, and also, the Charles River is really Read More

First Church of Cambridge, UCC - 1/14/2010
We found a great church in Cambridge - very open and all ages. This is one of my favorite things about living here. I also love being near the Charles Read More

Engineering Graduate Programs Cost of Living - 7/9/2009
I am doing a cost of living for each ranked graduate schools in the country. I need cost of living for:

MIT, Cambridge MA
Stanford, Stanford CA
Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
University of Illinois----Urbana/Champaign IL
Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh PA
Cal Tech, Pasadena CA
USC, Los Angeles, CA
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Texas, Austin TX
Cornell, Ithaca NY
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
UC---San Diego, La Jolla CA
Texas A&M University, College Station TX
UCLA, Los Angeles CA
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
University of Maryland, College Park MD
Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Princeton University, Princeton NJ
University of California--Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Read More

Cambridge rocks. - 10/29/2008
I have a second home in Cambridge, for a year, now...
It is in Huron Village, a mile north of Harvard yard.... and a block east of the Hi-Rise Bakery, the country's best, on Concord Ave, at Huron Ave. (no, I don't have an investment in the place.)


This area is the home of John Malkovich, Yoyo Ma, and Robert Reich, among others.

It has anything you would want in a city on the edge of the suburbs, yet near to the Hub, Boston.

It is equally attractive to San Francisco, my primary residence.Read More