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Brighton is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and is located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the town of Brighton in the English city of Brighton and Hove. For its first 160 years, Brighton was part of Cambridge, and was known as "Little Cambridge." Throughout much of its early history, it was a rural town with a significant commercial center at its eastern end. Brighton separated from Cambridge in 1807 after a bridge dispute, and was annexed to Boston in 1874. The neighborhood of Allston was also formerly part of the town of Brighton, but is now often considered separately, leading to the moniker Allston–Brighton for the combined area. This historic center of Brighton is the Brighton Center Historic District.
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It's okay, wheelchair accessibility though no parking.
Transportation , several residences that cater to folk of a certain age, activities and advocacy
Brighton is age friendly with its walkabilty to nearby stores like WholeFoods Market and the bus stop / MBTA system. There are senior care housing facilities and community centers nearby. The YMCA is accessible by bus where there are activities available in Brighton center. There's a ton of places to eat too! You can choose from Sushi to pizza and everything in between from different cultures. It's a wonderful place to live.
brighton is age friendly because as you walk the streets you see people of all age groups in the park, public areas, T stop etc. there is also a huge number of assisted living community's in the areas.
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The community works together, and mostly everyone is willing to help out someone in need.