Natives

I overheard a conversation about how what we refer to now as Downtown Somerville was once called Uptown.

"Let's go Uptown to the movies."

"Let's go Uptown for dinner - when did it change?"

Those who knew it as Uptown were proud to have known the town for so long no matter.

For more on the history of Somerville, see the below link:

http://www.somervillenj.org/history.html