Statistical Proof: Somerville is young, old, liberal, and green

[ryanwanger.livejournal.com]

If you love random statistics, stay away from www.city-data.com

From their Top 100 lists, which covers US cities of 5000+ residents:

Somerville has some of the Oldest Houses - Average of 61.3 Years Old - 41st overall (Whiting, Indiana is #1)
Somerville has some of the Oldest Housing but Youngest Residents - Average age of 31.1 Years Old - 11th overall (Oneata, NY is #1, Cambridge, is 56th, Boston 63rd)

And from their Top 101 Lists:
Somerville has one of the largest gay male populations - 59th overall (Cambridge is 41st and Boston is 11th)
Somerville has one of the largest lesbian populations - 13th overall (Cambridge is 5th, and Boston is 37th)
Despite our seemingly full street parking outlook, Somerville has very few cars per household - 15.4% of all households have no vehicle - 16th overall (10 of the cities above it are in the NY/NJ metro area, Boston is 17th overall, Cambridge is 27th)
Very few people drive alone to work in Somerville - 45.3% - 52nd overall (Cambridge is 19th, Boston is 40th)
Somerville has one of the highest percentages of people taking the subway to work - 18.5% - 10th overall (3rd excluding NY/NJ, Cambridge is 17th, Boston is 18th, and MA has 7 of the top 20)
Somerville has tons of people who bike to work - 2.8% - 72nd overall (Cambridge is 35th)

I guess part of me always thought we just SAID we were awesome. Nice to have some actual proof!

Phew. Anyone see any that I missed?

(I've also posted this over on my blog complete with hyperlinks to each of the individual lists)

Walden St. Bridge?

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Anyone know the eta of the Walden St. bridge? It seems like it's been off line for years now.

aside: why the heck does it take so long to fix/rebuild it? It's only a little bridge. If the city/state didn't have the resources why didn't they wait until they did (assuming the bridge wasn't completely in danger of falling down). Has there been any activity at all on it? Or do they have one part time contractor working on it who doesn't return phone calls...

Sacco's lives?

[georgy.livejournal.com]

Anyone know if there is any truth to this?

Update on Sacco's Bowl Haven and The Connections Center

[synergyseeker.livejournal.com]

Yes, its true....

Sacco's is being sold to someone else who is going to keep it a bowling alley (as far as we know).  We are happy that it worked out for the community to keep the bowling!

The main reasons for us letting go of Sacco's were that as a smaller project of just the bowling alley without the ability to do any development, our concept just wouldnt work financially. Also, we got excited about what the larger concept could offer ..... and myself, my team and my investors have decided that its best to look for another location where we can have the square footage we need to do our concept to its fullest potential. We are hoping to find a suitable location in Davis Square. 

I will keep you posted!

Trish

Burren, April 2nd, 7pm, back room!

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Didn't it just seem like we had one of these? Yes, well, its time for another one!

You know the drill. Please let me know if you can make the April event. Its coming up!

P.S., I'm sorry I wasn't at Orleans.

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