I did the 2020 Census and Cambridge/Kendall Square was one of my assignments. A lot of the apartments I was assigned were occupied by Chinese kids...most of whom refused to talk to me.
They were too busy filling out absentee ballots for Wisconsin, Georgia, and Arizona.
How is Brookline doing?
I lived there (it was free, and I could walk to a good Shul) and rode my bike across the river most of the time.
Fun ride, excepting a part of Cambridge that was just across the river from Alston. Every couple of months, some black kids would chase me and try to beat me/steal my bike.