They're back!!!
It wasn't until I spotted my fifth or sixth moving van this morning that light dawned over Marblehead and I realized what day it was - it was moving day in Cambridge and Somerville.
The annual pilgrimage was taking place - the students were coming back to Cambridge, Somerville and Boston. Moving trucks were on every block, discarded furniture that just wouldn't fit in the truck lined the sidewalks, and it was obvious that half the drivers on the road had no idea where they were going or how to drive on our streets.
Without students the city would be a very different place. There's a liveliness to our town - restaurants, clubs and shops exist because of the students who frequent them, and they fill our apartments - keeping landlords happy.
But as I waited in line at the supermarket and in traffic driving home this afternoon I couldn't help but regret that the quieter streets of summer are no more - until next year.
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