The transportation options are a huge deciding factor for many people who are looking to shorten their commute while maintaining a high quality of life. Jamaica Plain property is convenient, it's true. But it's also less densely populated than neighboring towns and provides more green space than any neighborhood around.

Most of Jamaica Plain property has outdoor space and often a yard or park nearby. It's never a long walk to one of the many public green spaces that make up the Emerald Necklace, set aside as a unique park system in the late 19^th century and designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Throughout almost twenty years of work on the Necklace (1878-1896), Olmsted created special retreats -- places for both active and passive recreation; green and open spaces offering relief and refreshment from the pressures and tensions of everyday life.