Allston is a neighborhood of Boston named after painter/poet Washington Allston (1779-1843)¹.  Allston and Brighton stick out like a swollen hitchhiker's thumb from the fist of the city.

According to a 2015 report by the BRA Research Division, 78% of the people who live there are young adults (which they qualify as between 18-24).

Allston Depot/Railroad Station 1890

Links

• Brighton Allston Historical Society http://www.bahistory.org/
• City of Boston website https://www.boston.gov/neighborhood/allston

Notes

1. "The Name Allston: An Appropriate Choice?" Brighton Allston Historical Society www.bahistory.org/HistoryWashingtonAllston.html
2. Boston by the Numbers 2015, BRA Research Division, https://web.archive.org/web/20160605123323/http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/1fd5864a-e7d2-4ebc-8d4a-a4b8411bf759