How is the Malden area in boston?|155795

I am planning to move to the malden area in Boston. I would like to know how safe it is and if it is a good area to live . Please give any information about that area.

I lived in Malden for 3 years. It is a nice town, very diverse but very convenient to the T to downtown Boston. It is a somewhat blue collar town, but has some nice restaurants _ is in a great location - close to Route 1 in Saugus _ all the stores that you need.

Malden is actually a separate city from Boston but it_s good. The orange line of the subway goes there, and it_s nice.

Like the first person, I lived in Granada Highlands, which is right on the edge of Malden by Route 1. There were some good things about that - the Square One Mall is in Saugus, a five minute drive north; Revere Beach is about 10 minutes away, and Boston is less than 15-30 minutes by car (depending what part of the city). The only bad part about my apartment is that it wasn_t close to the T, so I had to drive to the station. Like others have said, try to find something near Malden Center so you can commute to the city easily (and more cheaply, parking is $3.50 a day at the station). If I had to move there all over again, I would consider it very important to be near Malden Center instead of Route 1 - I went to Boston MUCH more than Saugus or Revere.

Rent is decent, all things considered. It_s a reasonable commute to the city, and isn_t too _suburb-y_ - there_s no chain stores like Wal-Mart or Target in Malden. It_s simply a nice little community of homes and mom-and-pop stores. I don_t remember much crime in my year-plus there (I just moved away 6 weeks ago). If it weren_t for the view of Boston from my window, and the traffic, I wouldn_t have really realized how close the city was. It felt very small-community to me.

Overall, I really liked the town. It was nice, safe, and there were lots of great little restaurants. I found it a great area to live, and miss it very much.

I_ve lived in Malden, It_s not a bad area at all, of course there are bad elements everywhere, Malden on the whole is pretty nice.
Easy access to Boston Via the T or even by Car.
Rents aren_t outrageous, remember your just outside the city.
For more info see:

http://www.ci.malden.ma.us/


http://www.maldenpd.com/

Not a bad place to live as long as you are near the T station (Malden) and not so far away (cause having to walk to the Train Station during the winter months will be brutal).

It_s about 10 mins from downtown Boston using the T so it_s not bad at all.

Malden is pretty good. You should try to make sure you are near the T. If you can get there easily, you can be in downtown Boston in less than 20 minutes. Also, if you have a car, you_ll have easy access to Route One where there_s a mall and lots of restaurants, and Medford which has a good amount of stuff too, both are just minutes away. And downtown Malden has a few decent restaurants and bars. I_d say Exchange Street Bistro is my favorite spot- amazing tapas, good drinks, a fun spot right near the Malden T! Also, Pearl Street Station resturant has some of the best food around. Amazing steak tips, and great pizza. I threw a party there and everyone loved EVERYTHING. That almost never happens at a party. And it_s cheap too. The bar is great. The neighborhoods are generally as safe as anywhere else. Don_t leave your car open and running, but you aren_t in any huge danger either. The rent is reasonable as well. You_ll have to use some judgement for the exact location, obviously.

Malden is a very interesting place. It is the most successfully mixed and intergrated multicultural community in Massachusetts (earning the city almost an extra hundred million dollars school construction funds under a Mass. state program). It also has a good number of grad students and a small gay community. Transportation is excellent; many bus lines and the city is also served by commuter rail and the Orange Line subway. Rents are among the cheapest in metro Boston. With all this one would think one would find a most vibrant downtown and other commercial areas with plenty of specialty ethnic shops and lots of varied restaurants and brisk pedestrian traffic. But no!! Most Maldeans work or study hard but then go to work or university and party elsewhere. There are only 4 or 5 really good Italian restaurants, 2 Vietnamese, one incredibly excellent pan-Asian and one Szechuan, one good Irish pub, 2 decent Indian places, several neighborhood joints, all of them small, plus a decent larger popular general American cuisine place. There is a Brazilian buffet just over the line in a next door city. Notably all of these eateries are locally owned. There is but one chain outlet - an Applebees. Otherwise it is all fast food or Chinese or pizza and sub shop take out (some of them good to be sure and again almost all of them locally owned). There are only 3 large supermarkets - 2 of them outlets of a major regional chain and the other an Oriental foods supermarket of a local Chinese chain. For general merchandise other than than found at dollar stores and one hardware store one must go to nearby communities.

I just to live in Granada Highlands for a couple of months and found it a nice area to live in. Malden Center seemed quite nice although I only went into it one night and had a good time.

no matter where you go there are good and bad areas! but everyone_s personal preference is different! it_s very diverse but overall not a bad area!