Get to Know Your Neighborhood
Greater Boston is known for its vibrant neighborhoods, Here’s a guide to eating, shopping and hanging out in eight of our favorites. They’re all accessible on foot, by T or by bus. (And, at the moment, by laptop.)
The South End
Trends meet the classics along Tremont Street
Davis Square
Known as one of the 10 hippest places in America
Beacon Hill
Lots to see in Boston’s most historic neighborhood
Central Square
Diverse, eclectic and still delightfully authentic
Jamaica Plain
A green and funky hidden gem to discover
Inman Square
International notes accent this colorful junction
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