What $2,500 rents around Cambridge and Somerville right now

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount (or thereabouts) in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Next up is $2,500 a month in neighbors Somerville and Cambridge.

East Cambridge

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The one-bedroom, one-bathroom Unit 408 at 4 Canal Park comes with central air-conditioning and one garaged parking space. There’s also a washer-dryer in-unit.

Union Square

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In Somerville’s Union Square, Unit 3D at 80 Webster Avenue is asking $2,500 a month for its 740 square feet, its one bedroom, and its one bathroom. There’s free laundry in the building and a shared roof deck up top.

West Cambridge

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Unit 205 at 1 Aberdeen Way is 766 square feet and contains one bedroom and one bathroom. There’s a washer-dryer in the unit, and the rent covers a parking space.

Somerville

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The two-floor Unit 2 at 57 Properzi Way near the Somerville-Cambridge border runs to 1,000 square feet, and contains three bedrooms and one bathroom. It comes with an enclosed porch, and there’s coin-operated laundry in the basement.

Neighborhood Nine

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Unit 3 at 16 Shepard Street in Cambridge’s Neighborhood Nine is 724 square feet, and includes one bedroom and one bathroom. It also has a patio and a backyard.