All in all, Cambridge Mass. looks like a pretty nice place to live unless you want to set up a low band AM ham station
Not much room for antennas as far as I can tell, and I have a hunch the real estate prices are a bit on the high side.
I lived there from 1973 to 78. I managed to put up a 75m antenna at both places where I rented. One was a short dipole strung from the porch to a tree, and I got out well enough with a Ranger to keep in contact with the local AM activity. Then I moved to another house, the top floor of an old wooden three-decker fire trap with a flat roof. I managed to get an end fed zepp strung between a chimney on the three-decker and a tree across the street. It worked pretty well all over the country.
Although we never had a fire at our house, one of the old wooden buildings in the area seemed to burn every few weeks.
At least three times the antenna was knocked down by fire truck ladders and I would have to climb the tree and re-string it, usually at night when there was little traffic on the street, which was a main thoroughfare through the city into Boston.
I pretty well TVI-proofed the transmitter against harmonic radiation, but the main hassle was the damned solid state stereos that I wiped out, and the telephones. I ran about 425 watts DC input to the pair of 8005's modulated by 805's. I just pretty much let the audio junk that was not supposed to receive radio signals fend for itself, which kept me somewhat paranoid about vandalism, break-ins and arson, although nothing like that ever happened.
I enjoyed my stay there, but knew I could not remain for ever, so I eventually moved on. Yes, real estate prices were sky-high.
