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...remained cheaper than Cambridge for lack of a sizable university population which, due to high demand for property and the relatively high income of academics, tends to drive up prices, says James Bretta, executive director of the Somerville Community Development Department...
Between the 1980 and 1990 censuses,Somerville's non-white population has nearlytripled, according to Bretta, as immigrant groupsfrom Southeast Asia and Central America began tojoin the older Irish and Italian populations...
...Bretta says Somerville "has always been a verymixed community," known for its "ethnic variety...
...Bretta is hopeful that Somerville will not loseitself as it absorbs Cantabrigians...
...loses that, it has lost its raisond'être," Bretta says.CrimsonDavin J. ChewSAVING SOMERVILLE: Somerville MayorMICHAEL E. CAPUANO hopes to preserve the city'sunique character amid an influx of newresidents...