Boston North Region of MA
The "BOSTON NORTH" region is the suburban area south of the Merrimack Valley and roughly bordered by Route I-495 to the north and Winchester and surrounding towns to the south. It's a region that has had a profound impact on the history and development of Massachusetts and indeed the United States from Colonial times to the present, from Salem, home of the infamous witch trials of 1692, to Lexington, where the "shot heard 'round the world" marked the beginning of the American Revolution, to the birth of the computer generation by companies in several towns in the region.
The area began to be developed with the post-World War II shift in population to the suburbs, and its lifeline was - and is - Route 128, renamed I-95 in the 1970's. As Americans turned to the automobile as the primary means of transportation, the region was one of the first to reflect life as we know it today. In fact, the first "shopping center" on the East Coast, the North Shore Shopping Center (now the North Shore Mall), was built in Peabody in 1947.
The most important impact of the area on modern life, though, comes from the rapid growth, beginning in the mid-1950's, of the electronics industry. In 1957, when Route 128 was first called "America's Technology Highway," 99 electronics firms dotted the landscape, By 1973, the number had grown to 1,212. Growth, though not so rapid, has continued and has spread beyond the I-95 belt north to the outer belt (I-495) and beyond.
From a lifestyle point of view, Boston North offers a multitude of choices, from rural to urban. Every amenity is abundantly available, and every town in is easily accessible to Boston. You will almost certainly find your perfect setting in a Boston North community.
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