Fields Corner vs. Somerville
By adamg - 7/5/06 - 2:38 pm
Mister Goat moved from Davis Square to Fields Corner in Dorchester a year ago. He's not regretting it and says that while, yes, it has problems, it's time to cut the negative stereotype stuff:
... [E]arlier tonight, I was out on the street, along with people from at least half the houses on the block. Some of the kids next door were playing outside, and adults from their household were playing Latin music from their car. Fireworks were going off somewhere nearby, with a good view from our place. And I had to notice that the street here is a much more social place than my old block in Somerville. ...

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Fields Corner
The biggest problem for Fields Corner's image is that awful decaying strip shopping center. If it can't be bulldozed and replaced with something more pedestrian-friendly, couldn't it at least get a nice Porter Square-style makeover?
If anyone wants to follow the discussion...
Ron and I discussed this at length on my blog. So swing on by if you want to read it--I won't repeat it here.
And thanks for the link, Adam!