The Greenline Cometh..
“By bringing the extension to Route 16, we’ll increase the value of houses around here and a lot of people will be displaced, as my old friends [were] in Davis Square,” Milorin said.
But Barber sees the GLX as only one factor contributing to the ever-growing cost of living in the Boston area. And while rising rents and property values may be an unfortunate side effect of the new T stops, the GLX will help with another regional problem: job access.
“There’s not enough housing [and] not enough access to jobs in the region,” Barber said. “It’s a regional problem that’s already happening in Medford.”