Originally Posted by BostonFixed
They don't call it slummerville for nothing.
They haven't called it that for many years now.
Apart from possibly East Somerville or Ten Hills, you'd be hard pressed to find a sketchy neighborhood.
Edit: also, I think Union Sq is great. The big hill is Prospect Hill (about which I was previously blathering) but you only need to climb it if you're going to Winter Hill or if you actually got a place on Prospect. For where you'd be working, it'd be a straight shot, 1.5 or 2 miles. But Union, which is charming, is pretty quiet.