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...years, families have been making a mass exodus from cities to the contentment of suburbia. In Reloville, Peter T. Kilborn focuses on a more recent phenomenon: work-imperative relocation. "Relos" must contend with an ultra-competitive job market, now made worse by recession, that drags them and their families from town to town. Kilborn examines the price families pay in Relovilles as they try to maintain a bit of consistency in their lives and concludes that the trend isn't so much good or bad as just rather...
...summer home of black luminaries including Gates, Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West and Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (who honeymooned here in 1934). "That is why I like it here," Gates told TIME after returning from his White House beer summit with Obama and Sergeant James Crowley, the Cambridge, Mass., police officer whose altercation with Gates sparked a summer's worth of agitated headlines. "To me, it's racial heaven." (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
Central Square: 1. One T stop down Mass. Ave. You’ll never find yourself there for unsketchy reasons...
...Cambridge Common: 1. Grassy knoll separating the Quad from the rest of civilization. Steer clear at night to avoid being mugged and/or stabbed. (Seriously.) 2. Bar on Mass. Ave. popular with Quadlings...
Charlie’s: 1. Inexpensive barbershop on Mass. Ave., convenient for Quad residents. 2. Eliot St. burger joint famous for greasy burgers and nonsensical pricing ($5 for a double, $8 for a triple...