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Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts with a population of around 43,000.
Salem is a residential and tourist area which includes the neighborhoods of Salem Neck, The Point, South Salem and North Salem, Witchcraft Heights, Pickering Wharf, and the McIntire Historic District. Tourists know Salem as a mix of important historical sites, New Age and Wiccan boutiques, kitschy Halloween, witch-themed attractions and a vibrant downtown that has more than 60 restaurants, cafes and coffee shops.
Tourism is the backbone of Salem's economy. Tourism based on the 1692 witch trials dates back to at least the first half of the 20th century. Witch-related tourism expanded significantly in the 1990s when the city added an official "Haunted Happenings" celebration during the October tourist season.
Salem is also one of the most significant seaports in Early America.
In 2000, a replica tall ship “Friendship of Salem” was finished and sailed to Salem Harbor, where she sits today. The Friendship of Salem is a reconstruction of a 171-foot three-masted East Indiaman trading ship, originally built in 1797, which traveled the world over a dozen times and returned to Salem after each voyage with goods from all over the world.
Brookline is a suburban town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts on the western edge of Boston and east of Newton. It has a population of around 60,000.
The northern part of Brookline, roughly north of the D-line tracks, is urban in character - highly walkable and transit rich. The population density of this part of town is nearly 20,000 inhabitants per square mile, on a par with the densest neighborhoods in nearby Cambridge, Somerville, and Chelsea (the densest cities in New England), and just below that of central Boston's residential districts.
The northern and southern borders of the town were marked by two small rivers or brooks - hence the name.
Two branches of the upper Boston Post Road passes through Brookline. Brookline Village was Boston's original center of retail activity. The Boston and Worcester Turnpike, now Massachusetts Route 9, starts on Huntington Avenue in Boston and passes through the village center on its way west.
The birthplace of John F. Kennedy stands in Brookline and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is open to the public from May through September.
Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. It located north of downtown Boston on a peninsula, extending southeastward between the Charles River and the Mystic River.
The Charlestown peninsula was the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Much of the battle took place on Breed's Hill, which overlooked the harbor and the town; Bunker Hill is near the northwest end of the peninsula, close to Charlestown Neck and about a mile from the Charles River.
Around the 1860s, an influx of Irish immigrants arrived in Charlestown.
Throughout the 1960s until the middle 1990s, Charlestown was infamous for its Irish Mob presence. Charlestown's McLaughlin Brothers were involved in a gang war with neighboring Somerville's Winter Hill Gang, during the Irish Mob Wars of the 1960s.
In the late 1980s, Charlestown underwent a massive gentrification process. Drawn to its proximity to downtown, many upper-middle class professionals moved to the neighborhood. In the late 1990s, additional gentrification took place.
Today the neighborhood is a mix of upper-middle and middle-class residences, housing projects, and a large working class Irish-American demographic and culture. The neighborhood changed dramatically but it still maintains a strong Irish American population and identity.
The USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy, is docked in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts situated directly north of Boston, across the Charles River. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England by the town's founders.
Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The city's population is around 107,000. It is the fifth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and Lowell.
Consisting largely of densely built residential space, Cambridge lacks significant tracts of public parkland. This is compensated for the presence of accessible open spaces on the university campuses, including Harvard Yard, the Radcliffe Yard, and MIT's Great Lawn.
Cambridge is best known as an academic and intellectual center, owing to its colleges and universities. At least 129 of the world's total 780 Nobel Prize winners have been, at some point in their careers, affiliated with universities in Cambridge. As a cradle of technological innovation, Cambridge is also home to large technology firms.
Several major roads lead to Cambridge, including Route 2, Route 16 and the McGrath Highway (Route 28). The Massachusetts Turnpike does not pass through Cambridge, but it provides access by an exit in nearby Allston. Both U.S. Route 1 and Interstate 93 also provide additional access on the eastern end of Cambridge at Leverett Circle in Boston.
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