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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Comments on Area Immediately Around Campus

Posted Date Posted By Comment
March 19 2008
dsultemeier
Easy to walk to lots of shopping and restaurants. Location on river very scenic.
March 04 2008
arwen15
The Charles river! Oodles of eating places. The T connecting you to everywhere else.
October 26 2007
natk4
Cambridge is a little sketchy.
August 23 2007
crazy mom
Cambridge is very charming, although they certainly could invest in street signs.
August 20 2007
la montagne
Cambridge is nice.
August 12 2007
WillPower
Didn't see much of it
August 08 2007
jasii
well the campus is pretty big and then harvard is right next to it...
July 19 2007
Dal
You have Boston! An actual city! It isn't like you are going to be hanging out at the local Walmart for fun!
June 15 2007
TritiumKnight
Around the campus is pretty safe. It had a lot of restaurants, stores, and other builds you'd expect college students to visit.
August 15 2006
heydad
Memorial Drive and the north bank of the Charles River form the south boundary of the campus - I found it quite attractive. To the northwest and northeast, are areas of Cambridge that are not the best nor worst. As one approaches Harvard, the area becom
August 13 2006
oasis
Charles River is beautiful and creates an immediate diversion from the main campus. The river is actually one of the things I enjoy the most about MIT.
August 07 2006
apolloae
Near MIT the city of Cambridge is a good city, but can get ugly fast. If you walk into Boston, it's beautiful and breathtaking, but if you walk the other way down Mass. Ave. you hit some pretty i