<p>Dumbo…it’s a city. Lots of people commute 30 minutes on the T. As a point of reference, I’m one who suggested the place your DD lived in in NYC. My husband lived right around the corner from there and it took him well over 30 minutes to get to the garment district every day.</p>
<p>It’s part of the city life. I’m going to guess…if she drove a car those three miles in Boston it could easily take 30 minutes…been there, done that.</p>
<p>I know you want AC, but try to be flexible about this criteria as MOST apartments just don’t have it.</p>
<p>Thanks Thumper…I did recognize your user name from last year, and I really appreciate your advice. I wish they had a 92Y in Boston! I know a 30 minute commute is not long, and last year her commute took over an hour. It wasn’t an issue, as she worked decent hours. From what I gather, she will be working from very early (ie 6:30 am) to who knows when. She is very excited and not at all deterred by this, in fact, she can’t wait, as she is thrilled about this opportunity. I’m just trying to keep her commute short, as she’ll probably have just a few hours sleep each night. If the orange line goes direct from Northeastern dorms to the financial district, that could be our best option. They have optional AC. Do you know if the area where NE is located is relatively safe (yes, I realize this is a city, but you know what I mean). Thanks so much!</p>
<p>The Northeastern dorms are ON their campus which is a nice enclosed campus (as city campuses go). Most of the surrounding area is fine. As with any other city, if you venture too far afield, you can find yourself in less desirable areas. But the NEU campus…nice!</p>
<p>It becomes a little more obvious if you go to the following T map, but then select the tab labelled “Interactive Street Map” (at the top of the map). When you zoom in a little you can see the Financial District and how the various T lines come close to it. Which line will be best will depend on where exactly she will be working, probably the orange line but if she is closer to the waterfront then perhaps the blue or new silver line. The company she works for will have info on their website about which stops are the closest. Northeastern U. and its stop are labelled if you zoom in on the area where the green line and orange line parallel each closely (the school is between them there).
[MBTA</a> Subway 'The ‘T’ > Maps, Schedules, and Fare Information for the Boston Area Subway System](<a href=“Subway | Schedules & Maps | MBTA”>Subway | Schedules & Maps | MBTA)
Also, she may be more comfortable using the green line from NEU as I think the stops along Huntington Ave are a little safer and busier than the Ruggles stop on the orange line. Between NEU, Wentworth, Museum of Fine Arts, the Longwood Medical Area etc. it is very busy on that stretch of the green line. I’m sure people at NEU will advise her, she can ask the campus police too.
Here is another useful site - [Boston</a> Travel Guide: The Insider Boston Travel Guide](<a href=“http://www.bostonusa.com/visit/bostoninsider]Boston”>Boston Events | Calendar of Events)
As a present, get her a good travel guide to the city. It is a great place to be a college student in the summer!</p>
<p>^Thanks Beantown Girl! Very helpful information. Especially the advice about the Ruggles stop, as maps don’t show that kind of thing. That’s a bit disappointing, as the Ruggles stop seems to be much closer to the dorm as well as less travel time overall. However, safety is number one priority in my book, so this is very good info to have.</p>
<p>Also, from looking at this map, it looks like the south station stop is much closer to where she will be working than the other stops. Unfortunately, SS is not an orange line stop. I know when she was interviewing she walked from SS, and it was close. So it looks like she might have to transfer lines, adding to time.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how far it is walking from the Boylston stop (near Emerson College) or the Park St. stop to High St (low 100’s, near South Station). Another option is the dorms at Mass Art, where she would take the green line in. Thanks</p>
<p>That’s great about the interactive T map. Google maps also has an icon you can click on to see where bus stops etc. are near your workplace and/or potential apartment, which is very helpful.</p>
<p>If she’s working near South Station, look for sublets in Cambridge (MIT and Harvard students) and South Boston. I work in that area and live in North Cambridge, and my commute takes 40 minutes, but I don’t live right by the T. I only spend 20 minutes actually on the train. There are people in my office who take the orange line to Downtown Crossing and walk, too – it’s not a terrible walk (they generally consider it preferable to transferring).</p>
<p>I’m not saying it’s impossible, and it’s always worth checking craigslist, but that area is expensive to live in, and doesn’t have a lot of college students living there, so subletting around there is unlikely. The closest she might get looking for sublets is the Emerson area, which is walkable.</p>
<p>As someone who attended Northeastern, I’ve always avoided the green line if posible and taken almost all orange. Ruggles is fine. Walking through Ruggles to the other side, would take her into Roxbury, which is a slightly less safe neighborhood, but gentrifying. That part of Roxbury is mostly college students right now and has Northeastern dorms in it and a police station right across from the train station. So I think you’re fine with orange. The green line is much slower and less reliable and goes less close to where your daughter needs to go.</p>
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<p>It would probably be around 15 minutes, and around 10 from Downtown crossing. You can get walking directions on google maps if you put in exact addresses and it will give you time estimates.</p>
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<p>If she is working near south station she could live on the Cambridge side of the river and take the red line. Tons of sublets in off-campus apartments around Tufts as well as Harvard and MIT.</p>
<p>Thanks, I’ll look into that also.</p>
<p>I had a look at some luxury apartments at Alewife and Porter Square online and was pretty surprised at the rents there: the Porter Square apartments start at $2,200 for a 1 bedroom and the Alewife apartments start at $2,400 for a 1 bedroom. That’s only a little less than living in the West End of Boston.</p>
<p>In terms of distance/time, MIT is closest, Harvard is next and then Tufts is the furthest away (it’s in Somerville).</p>
<p>Dumbo, the commute transferring lines adds a very small amount of time to the commute relatively speaking. Boston is a little different than NYC in that there is not a subway stop at almost every corner. What I am saying is, if she can get a room in the NEU dorms, that would be good.</p>
<p>I wonder…if you live in the NEU dorms for the summer, do younger the uses of their terrific facilities? Also, is this one of their apartments where she can cook?</p>
<p>If so, an extra 15 minute commute, or even 30 minutes might be worth it.</p>
<p>You did mention she had friends also going. Are any of them looking for an apartment to sublet?</p>
<p>I am not sure about the NEU facilities…will check into that. She has quite a few friends heading to Boston this summer. They are open to dorms or sublets. I’m most concerned with location and safety.</p>
<p>One question. I can get her a room at NEU dorms or at Mass School of Art dorms. Any advice on which location is better? I’m still going to look for a closer sublet, but i might go with one of these options. Thanks.</p>
<p>I would think that subletting an apartment with friends would be preferable to living in a dorm. If your D can get an apartment within walking distance to a Red Line stop, e.g., Porter Square, Davis Square or Central Square, she can get off the T at South Station or Downtown Crossing and walk to High St. (I think you posted above that her internship was near High St.). Depending on where her office is, it’s a very short walk from South Station to High St. (probably less than a mile); from Downtown Crossing to High St. isn’t far either–depending on where she is on High Street. </p>
<p>My D graduated from Tufts; she and her roommates sublet their apartment (right by Davis Square) between junior and senior years. Lots of Tufts students sublet their apartments in the summer. I think they listed the apartment on Craig’s List. Here’s a map that includes all of the T stops on the various lines.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/Documents/Schedules_and_Maps/Subway/Rapid%20Map.pdf[/url]”>http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/Documents/Schedules_and_Maps/Subway/Rapid%20Map.pdf</a></p>
<p>At my son’s university, there are tons of students advertising on the university’s “class of 2015” student facebook page to sublease their apartments for the summer. In that case, you don’t need to be a student at that U. or to be a member of the facebook group in order to read the posts.</p>
<p>Bromfield, thank you for the map. It is very clear and helpful. Question, where are the squares you mentioned? I can’t find them on the map. This is all very good info…thanks to all posters!</p>
<p>Porter Square, Davis Square or Central Square are all Red line T stops across the river from Downtown - Central is between MIT and Harvard, Porter is just west of Harvard Sq (and the U.) and Davis is close to Tufts. Given the concentration of colleges in that area, it should be easy to find sublets. Davis Sq in particular is a great place now with tons of great restaurant options and coffee shops.
The subway lines are generally faster than the green line(s) which is a trolley system that uses the streets for parts of or most of the route.</p>
<p>@Dumbo–the word “Square” is left out on the map. If you look at the Red Line stops–they are labelled as: “Porter”, “Davis”, “Central”–which is Porter Sq., Davis Sq., etc.</p>