The Davis Square Community

living next to a buncha bars (magoun, not davis) has some distinct downsides: i like having occupied storefronts, but i could do without people deciding that my driveway is a good place to turn a trick, take a leak, or test the car doors to see if i'd remembered to lock them. and these are "upscale" joints, too. for the most part i view it as the cost of living in a city (who wants to be the asshole calling the cops every other night for some dumb thing like drunks peeing on the retaining wall ?) and i can understand the "there's already so many, what's one more" argument, but i can also imagine that neighbors might have reservations, and neighbors are the one re-electing the alderman.