There’s something so intimate about a neighborhood. No matter how well you know a city, it takes living in a neighborhood to really understand and appreciate that particular corner of it—its quirks, its people, which house gives out the best Halloween candy, which tree blooms first in the spring. That’s why we’re so lucky that the North Shore is packed with hundreds of neighborhoods, each with its own personality and charms. Here we delve into just a few of our favorites to get the inside scoop on what makes them such fantastic places to call home.