"Things are getting better," he says.
Bursting with Diversity
Probably no other area of Cambridge contains a wider mix of people: Caucasians, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, French-Creoles, Haitians and Portuguese, to name just a few.
English is not the primary language of more than one-third of Area 4's residents, census statistics show.
"It's a real mix of cultures," Gamble says. "That's what makes it interesting."
Except for family-owned stores, commerce in Area 4 is limited to the edges. Travel agencies advertise trips to Haiti; convenience stores trumpet sales in three languages.
The few stores within the residential neighborhoods are as varied as the residents, their names often printed in multiple languages.
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