How Boston is built — and why it changes the price
Boston holds about 673,000 residents in 48 square miles — around 13,932 per square mile. Dense blocks shorten the drive between jobs and tighten the access at each one.
The housing stock in Boston is overwhelmingly vertical: 46% of homes sit in buildings of five units or more against 12% detached. Nothing here leaves the building without a corridor, a lift or a staircase in the way.
Renters occupy 65% of Boston homes, so the calendar matters — the end of a month moves more furniture out of this city than any other single cause. The median Boston home dates to about 1947 — an era of walk-ups, half-landings and staircases that turn. Anything wide comes out on its side, and a crew that has seen the building before is worth listening to.
Measured from the city centre, our closest other coverage is Providence (41 miles), Hartford (94 miles) and Albany (143 miles). Pros work across those lines all day, so the bids on a Boston job often come from trucks that started the morning somewhere else entirely.