SNOW EMERGENCY LIFTED AT 8:45AM TUESDAY

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SOMERVILLE– The City of Somerville has lifted its snow emergency, as of 8:45 am Tuesday. Residents who parked in municipal lots during the snow emergency have a two-hour window starting at that time in which to move their vehicles. Cars still parked in municipal or school lots after Noon today are subject to ticketing and towing.

Monday evening yoga in Davis Square

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Gentrification

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Hey All,

Posting this as it came up for me in a previous post that was sort of an amalgam of "eccentric and annoying Davis Square traits."

I realize this is a hot-button issue but I trust that people can express themselves civilly. Ok, I *hope* we can.

Gentrification. It's a big deal. People in this community talk an awful lot about how we don't want Davis to "turn into another Harvard" but in some sense the people living there now and who have populated the square over the past decade *have* turned Davis into something different from what it was.

How does one say, "I don't want Davis Square to get too gentrified" without taking responsibility for being part of the gentrification that has happened thus far? Who decides how much gentrification is too much, not enough, just right?

Maybe Davis is better, maybe it's not -- it probably depends on who you ask and what they were looking for in a neighborhood when they picked Davis.

Tag (You're It)

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Since it does appear that only mods can generate new tags for now, just give me a list of tags you want or anticipate needing, and I'll create them. We can add to the list periodically as necessary.