Boston neighborhoods near Northeastern

eireann
Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:46:31 +0000

Do you care how close or far? Do you mind needing to take the train? I think Fenway and the South End are great, because they’re good neighborhoods and they’re both just about a fifteen minute walk, but you’ll pay more for rent. I got really lucky living in Fenway for a year with a really good deal, and I loved that I could walk to class and walk to my co-op and to most places that I needed (hated the screaming mobs of Red Sox fans though), but the price was kind of an anomaly.

Mission Hill is also right by campus, and a lot of students live there. It’s a bit cheaper, and has a bit worse of a reputation, but I don’t think it’s really actually dangerous. I know a lot of people who have lived there and liked it. Jamaica Plain is a great and relatively cheap neighborhood, but not very walkable (right non the same train and bus line as NU though).

If you have a car, you can look into Allston and Brighton, but I wouldn’t want to commute on public transportation from there. I lived in Somerville for my last two years, where I moved for price and space, but it’s certainly not a neighborhood right by campus. If you like Cambridge, though, Harvard and Central squares are pretty convenient because there’s a bus that goes really close to campus. I guess it also depends on what you’re looking for in a neighborhood, how much you can pay, and how far you’re willing to commute.