Old nickname of Somerville, MA, a geographically small (but most densely-populated space in New
England) area bordering Cambridge, MA, five minutes from downtown
Boston. This term of classist disdian came into being in the 1950s as it was a student refuge from Cambridge real estate prices (Somerville is a minutes walk to Harvard) and a haven for immigrants and blue collar workers. Within the last twenty years, Somerville housing has skyrocketed and is now seen as one of the hippest places to live in the
Boston area, as excellent
bars, nightclubs, and restaurants proliferate the areas around Porter, Davis, Union, and Inman squares.