Still, Scali said he thought Cambridge's "active neighborhood groups" would likely be against any effort to expand the sale of alcohol.
"I'm sure they'll come out and fight it if it gets proposed," he said.
He said, however, that the high concentration of college students in Cambridge would not seriously affect any effort to get the change passed in the city.
"People from Harvard and MIT don't really drink or buy their alcohol in Cambridge," he said, referring to results from recent sting operations designed to nab underage drinkers. "I guess you don't buy in your own backyard."
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