A new biography of Michael Bloomberg apparently paints Medford as an anti-Semitic small town too dull to handle the fiery spirit of the future mayor of New York (who was born in Brighton). The book also describes how Bloomberg's family had to enlist an Irish middleman to buy a home in Medford when the seller wouldn't deal with Jewish people. Bloomberg buddy Paul Theroux piles on the hate, calling Medford "a place you want to leave, to escape from." Does Medford deserve these harsh words? Based on our inability to find anything interesting to do there thus far, perhaps. But at least it doesn't have as many strollers as Brookline... or if it does, they just stay inside the SUVs. And much of Medford even knows how to use doors.
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