By mid-2018, there were a handful of bike-share options in the Boston area and maybe more on the way. As of early 2020, there’s really only one. Here are the details.
The San Francisco outfit says it will instead double down on e-scooters. It’s at least the fourth bike-share system in Greater Boston to cease operations.
Sometimes it’s just not possible to rent an apartment in Boston proper. But there are plenty of more affordable options just beyond Boston’s borders, including in its northern neighbors such as Revere and Chelsea.
"Asking price can be seen as a measure of the long-term prospects of a neighborhood," NeighborhoodX research director Constantine Valhouli says. "Asking rent can be seen as a reflection of what the neighborhood is like right now."
The average asking price for market-rate homes in Medford as of January 29 was $388 a square foot. That makes the city more expensive than Chelsea, Malden, and Everett.
The average prices for market-rate homes at the ends of the route vary pretty significantly and the difference serves as a clinic in why location matters in real estate.