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Somerville Massachusetts
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Somerville ( SUM-ər-vil) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, the United States Census lists the city with a total population of 75,754 people, making it the most densely populated municipality in New England. As of 2010, it was the 16th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country. Somerville was established as a town in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown. In 2006, the town was named the best-run city in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe. In 1972, in 2009, and again in 2015, the city received the All-America City Award.

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When someone really nice like to say hi

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this is a very friendly area i stay with a elderly man in a federaly funded building for elderly and handicapped individuals and the city has lots of public transportation and some of the people in this building really need this companionship..

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