Living Well in Malden

While I don't have anything to add, I do find these very interesting and look forward to hearing what people think of Malden

I have been living here for two years now. Nothing special. Just because the orange line is convenient to Boston. I no longer commute to Boston so we are moving to Stoughton.

Wouldn't live there for free.

I am sure Malden is nice, however, I am colored by the fact that I've know two people who recently lived in Malden and both lamented the crime rate. They were both single and had no insight to schools.

I too am anxious to hear from people _with kids_ who live in Malden.

I've been living in Malden for 10 years now, and have 3 kids. I absolutely love living in this town. My kids attend the public schools and love it. I am very close to all the major highways and only 5 miles from boston. I use to work in Boston, which made commuting real easy. As for crime, it's has it's fair share mostly punk kids, but I feel safe walking around at night. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

Stop talking up Malden! You keep pushing up my rent! It has nearly tripled since I moved here 23 years ago! Yet the amenities and the decent, blue-collar, strong neighborhood feel of the area are all gone. There are dumpster divers everywhere [long before the recession set in] - the high school has to deal with hundreds of dialects as well as all the kids that are tossed out of schools from other Orange Line stops. Two dozen people live in two family homes. The police are tied up by a dozen shop-lifters at Stop and Shop every day. The "downtown" is the most inaccessible, weird place - and elected officials are invisible.

I think malden is a great city to raise a family. The schools are great and the people are real! The city has great restaurants and is a commuters dream. Not sure if it's the Best place to raise a family, but is there really such a place?

Revere seems to be better place than Malden nowadays. If you live close to the beach, you have 3 Blue Line stations; and if you west/north Revere you can opt for the Orange Line (Malden Center/Oak Grove). Few minutes Logan, I-90, I-93,128/I-95, and right on US-1. Minutes to Boston. IMO better schools than Malden.

Malden is a decent place if that's all you can afford. But to call it "great" is ridiculous.

I can afford to live ANYWHERE I want and I chose Malden. My quality of life is great! affordable mortgage payment, great house, short commute to work, great schools, great friends and have extra money to go out and eat at the many great restaurants in the city. Not many people can say that about there towns... So please don't knock people who choose to live comfortable instead of trying to keep up with the Jone's...

I rented in Malden when I first graduated college in 2002. We rented a 3 bedroom place for $1.300. I have to say I was unimpressed at best, and myself and my two roomies had the "nicest" cars on the block, none of which were new cars, we were a few blocks away from Malden center so the quick easy access to the city was nice, but I didn't work in town so going 1 mile to get to 93 took 25 minutes. I couldn't wait to get out of that town...our landlord was great/friendly but everyone else I met in the neighborhood were less than friendly.

I rented in Malden and found it to be a nice place, but I like my situation as an owner in Winthrop better since my Governors Park condo is cheaper than my rent was. It is so nice to be close to the beach and downtown Boston (4 stops on the blue line). There are great values in this town right now and the schools are far better than the Malden schools. My 2 girls (13, 10) have acclimated well and made great friends already.

If Malden's schools are great, why are their MCAS scores some of the lowest in the state? We had a retail store there (closed now, thankfully) and the local dropouts were always spraying graffitti on the backs of buildings and breaking into places at night. I didn't find it violent at all, but just a lost and hopeless place that time forgot. Most of the long time residents seemed angry at something. The selectmen had the impression they had a diamond quality city there for some reason. The police were very nice and understanding. Unfortunately, businesses in Malden have to call them alot.

Pros -
Safe and quiet. Location --20 minutes drive to Boston during RUSH hour.
Schools - Mystic Valley Charter School, Linden School, Cheverus.
Downtown Food ( All season table, Massimo's Ristorante ,Exchange Street Bistro)
Cons -
No nightlife.( only 1 good pub in downtown, thats it). Not too many discount stores/ or any name brand stores. Paying the city for trash bags???!! Too many parking police. Getting ticketed for not cleaning snow in time.
This is definitely not a singles town but family oriented town.