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2.0 of 5 stars.
Listen, there are plenty of places in Boston where, as a young woman in her early twenties, I'm not comfortable walking at night. That's to be expected in any city; even in parts of Beacon Hill, I do...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
...or as I often choose to refer to it as, "Stenchral Square".So, what do I love about Central Square? As far as things you need in life go, you could probably cover about 90% of them within the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
what? I've lived here for how long and haven't written a review yet?! what what what? Time to get to it.I HEART CENTRAL SQUARE. I love the people (crazy, sane alike), the stores, the food, the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Once, a homeless man approached me in the Subway. He skipped from side to side, front to back, his long smokey beard following just slightly behind. "I been to Alaska!" He'd say over and over. His...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
To me, Central Square is about the only part of Cambridge left that hasn't changed all that much from when I was a kid. It still has a real urban feel to it, and it can be gritty and tough in some...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Vomit.Yep.Oh, sorry, also urine.
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Old man vomits hereCrazy winos, drunkard hoesTo Central they goEnjoy that Haiku, and if you don't then go get knifed in the face in Central...trust me, it could happen in Central.
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I moved here from Florida about a year ago and I've been living in Central Square ever since. I personally LOVE it! It is a great location to live in relation to Inman Square, Harvard, Square, and...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
subject - central sq. - my gun ....i lived in central 1978-81 and somerville from 1993 to present and goto and through central all that time.the 78-81 central was different - different stores the bus...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Central Square, I will always love you, all your faux dangerousness and drama, Hi Fi pizza, people pissing onto Mass Ave from 2nd floor windows, drunk but charming and generally harmless homeless, and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've lived in Central for more than five years. I love it. I've had to move three times, and always stayed in Central. There's a great mix of owners and renters, young and old people, dive bars and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I get it, 4 and 5 star raters. Central Square is "raw" and "real." But come on! There is nothing charming about hanging out in a place full of people who should be living in psychiatric institutions...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Central Square with all of my heart. A lot of the people giving Central 1 or 2 stars sound like elitist assholes. I'm sorry, but insulating yourself from the reality of suffering people...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I must agree with the reviewer who wondered , "Do any of the people who give Central Sq. 5-star reviews actually live here?" I am thinking that as well, because I certainly don't get the charmingly...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What can I say, I love this place.
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Central Square. It's what my late grandmother used to refer to, between drags of her cigarette, as "life's rich pageant." It's incredibly dirty. Used condoms, syringes on the side streets and...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Even when you're forced to wear a combination of the clothing you slept in, and the clothing you found in your living room because your roommate locked you out of your bedroom again...And even if you...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I don't really enjoy Central Square, I like that it is close to Boston -- but that is about it. I'd never want to live here. I get freaked out by the crazy people that live on Mass Ave (literally...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Sometimes I wonder if anyone who gives Central Scare a 5 star review actually... lives in Central Scare. Visiting Central warrants MAYBE a 4 star rating, but living there? Not so awesome. After moving...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Lived here for 3 years after moving from Colorado, land of the homogeneous. I absolutely loved it, dirt and all.Best part about Central is location. You can walk to Harvard Square in a heartbeat, or...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Central Square is the opposite of Cheers. Rather than a place where everyone knows your name, instead you recognize the faces of the eclectic individuals that comprise Central Square. Theres the guy...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i used to love central square. i dont as much.. i live in davis and like it better. central does remind me of NYC.. sort of.. like the village area. its not as commercial as harvard and there are...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I don't have anything to do and my ADD is flaring up I go Central square to ease (tease) my nerves. Oh! Oh! Goodwill, Salvation Army, falafel palace, 1369 Coffee shop, Toscanini's, middle east,...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place because it's where I keep all my stuff. Five stars.
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Closest thing to "home".Hating on Central Square means you just hate so you can hate. Mad love to the Spare Change crew: http://www.homelessempowerment.org/More to come.. have to take a cigarette...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Central Square is the best place around. Where else does a tee shirt command a cult following re Central Square is For Lover's http://trainque.com/blog/2005/08/13/central-square-is-for-lovers/...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I think you have to live here to really understand Central Square. There are some incredibly interesting stores and restaurants all over the general area (stretching on Mass Ave down from about...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Oh Central Sq! You make me feel dirty. But you still have charm. Central Sq. is very near my house so I find myself here more often than I probably would if lived farther out. We all know that...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Doggiest place that side of the river. So many bums and hobo's. I usually get in and get out asap.
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Some good restnts...close to hvd, mit....but seriously this place needs to clean up its act...this part of Mass Ave..from the roads to the access of the T..to a mere walk on the sidewalks is just...
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my Century Mark, for reviews. One Hunnert!I purposely picked Central Square for this review.Reasons to be Cheerful:Venus Beauty SuppliesCentral KitchenHarvest Co-opPearl Art, and ArtisanCrafts...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh Central, I miss you so much. I miss stumbling home from Manray. I miss walking through Harvest to get home, picking up the makings of dinner along the way. I miss being able to hop on my bike and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
pyla T, you make me so sad with your review of my old stomping ground!Granted, when I first moved to Central Square (This is back in 1998) I spent a good hour overturning my "lawn" and uncovering...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the boys and girls are smarter in harvard sq, but they are prettier in central sq.
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i hang out in central square because i know that i will be hit on by a hobo calling me "chinatown."join me as i set the scene:(me sitting on one of those wall bench things)hobo: hey chinatown, you're...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For my 365th review I wanted to write about my home for the last year.I can sum up my love for this place in words but sentences are failing me.So instead how about one of those Tag Clouds that you...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Central Square loses a star for sketchiness, although I'll give back half since Cambridgeport Saloon closed. Of course, having a boarded up old bar in your neighborhood is pretty sketchy, so I'll take...
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you want to see how great Central Square is from the point of view of a resident of the area, read Kabir H.'s review. I think that pretty much sums it up. ;)When I first came to Boston, I admit...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The last review of Central Sq was on as much crack as its residents.The City of Cambridge HAS cleaned up Central Sq. A decade ago, people would not have been raving about the area. The police...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Central Square. If the commute wouldn't be so hellish to work, I'd move there in a second- it's not like i don't spend every weekend there, though. It has everything- great pubs, places to see...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Why did I move here? Family. Will I ever leave? Of course. But while I pay my dues as a college girl's rock I love calling this side of town home. It is actually quite central. And yes, full of people...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Central Square. It is my favorite city square in the whole world. There's so much to love here. And don't worry, if one of the drunks who hang out in front of Cheapo start showing you more...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You can't beat Mental Scare. I've been living here for 7 years now, signed on for at least one more and have no desire to move any time soon. You really can't beat the hodge podge that you get in...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Why 4 stars? Because where else can you buy crack, get pissed on and have a wonderful meal at a dozen restauarants all in one block?
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Central Square is undergoing some changes, many not for the better. The gentrification and Disneyfication that have overwhelmed Harvard Square are threatening its dirtier, hipper neighbor. The...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Who could put a label on central square - many have tried: "mental square," "bohemian," "the ghetto." There's two thing for sure, Wendys and Baskin Robbins serve as larger homeless shelters than the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know a place that could feel more like home... or like an urban sister-city of my hometown Burlington, VT. Holding up in a victorian house with brick-sidewalks surrounded by, can it be...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I live and work in central. yes its dirty and yes the square regulars are crazy in more than one way... but that's kinda why I like it. It isn't manufactured character... everyone is real in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great place to meet random people. Everything is a few mins distance from each other. I prefer it to Harvard Square. Start the night at Central Kitchen, Baraka, or Cuchi Cuchi for delicious dishes....
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was hanging out in Central long before I actually moved to Central. That should tell you something if I was taking cabs back and forth from Allston to have all my fun here. Plenty of places to go...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Just because James K. probably *doesn't* smell like urine doesn't mean he knows what he's talking about when he badmouths central. It took me like 3 seconds after graduating from college to move to...
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Someone once called me the "Central Sq posterboy". It wasn't until after I punched them in the face that I realized they just meant I really loved my neighborhood, and not that I give handjobs for...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Just because it smells like urine doesn't mean it's an up-and-coming neighborhood. Williamsburg or The Mission it is not.Decent restaurants and bars, and convenient access to Harvard and MIT come at a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Hooray for art stores! for harvest coop! for the middle east and tt's! for seedy people yelling at each other in the middle of the side walk!"a yelper posted that review almost a year ago and i...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Trashy in an uninteresting and pathetic way; this isn't Haight Ashbury by any stretch of the imagination. Saved by a few decent restaurants, but altogether avoidable.
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A hip area to hang out in. Bars to check out and venues to see. There is always something going on.
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3.0 of 5 stars.
when i was a kid, we used to live a couple blocks from central (behind the cambridge town hall), and at the time the area was a shit-hole. people were mugged at night on a daily basis...it wasn't...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, in my ranking of the Tri-Square area in Cambridge (Harvard, Porter, and Central, with little Davis in Somerville forming the fourth and back-most point of a semi-pyramid, I suppose), I have had...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I work right by Central Square and love the shops and restaurants in the area. I also really like the diversity--there are so many different kinds of people in the area. I love grabbing burritos at...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've lived in this neighborhood for four years during my undergrad. It's definitely a fun place to live - lots of cheap restaurants nearby, bars, cheap/free concerts at the Middle East, within...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hooray for art stores! for harvest coop! for the middle east and tt's! for seedy people yelling at each other in the middle of the side walk!
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The top place in the Boston area for the randoms to become Coherent. Even the groups of street people seem like they were gathered from the 4 corners of the world but forged a peace treaty on a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Central Square has great night life and some pretty good restaurants (Central Kitchen, Cuchi cuchi, La Groceria and more.). The shopping is minimal but they have foot locker, tello's, the gap,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Central Square is probably my favorite neighborhood in greater Boston. I lived there a few years ago, and while it's a bit...seedy, there are great night clubs, bars, restaurants, and stores. Get your...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Look and Feel: Night life is key in Central Square, though I'm sure people live here. My view of Central square is that it is one long line of clubs. I know this isn't true, but this will be your...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2005
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