The Davis Square Community

"better" is a subjective term that can mean a lot of things. What's not subjective is that housing in this city is prohibitively expensive for anybody who isn't a high salary earner or able to obtain subsidized housing. If this continues we are going to lose artists, academics and other types who contribute a lot culturally but don't draw large incomes. Forcing people to live with roommates well into their 30's, 40's and beyond is not a solution. I have several friends who have lived here and love it but do not see it as a permanent place to settle due to the cost. I don't know if rent control is/was a solution but for whatever improvements it has brought to the housing stock, it has also caused the city to suffer in terms of the diversity of residents who can afford to live here on a more permanent basis (ie not students).