Do you live in Boston? Or are you
considering a move? Of course finding the right
neighborhood be it for permanent residence or for a vacation
getaway is truly circumstantial. It depends on the people and what
they are looking for, what will best mean home, or in many cases,
home away from home for them. If voting were the case, every
neighborhood would have proponents claiming theirs is superior, but
lets imagine from a broader picture of 500 people who were recently
polled.
In a recent neighborhood poll by Curbedinand around
Boston, Cambridge and
Somerville matched
head to head. The bracket format looked exactly as if it were the
NCAA Sweet Sixteen tournament, matching up 16 (it even ranked the
locations) neighborhoods vs. one another to then get voted on to
determine which should go through to the next round. The number 1
ranked neighborhood was Beacon Hill, with Mission Hill as number 16
rounding out the tournament.
The Final Four, as it were, came down to Beacon Hill vs.
South End in the
Northern Bracket, and the North End vs.
Cambridge in the
Southern Bracket. The South End and
Cambridge were the
ones to advance for what would surely be a hotly contested final
round. With just 63% of the final vote, the South End came out
victorious as the Neighborhood of the Year for 2011!
Seeing where your neighborhood or place of interest fell with
respect to public opinion was really a fun way to see where the
interest lies concerning our area!
More Information: Boston.com, Curbed.com