Jamaica Plain is a neighbourhood to the southwest of downtown Boston. It has lots of green space: Jamaica Pond (where you can rent rowboats in the summer, and people often walk their dogs or jog), the Arnold Arboretum (http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/), and Franklin Park and the Franklin Park Zoo. It has a very racially and culturally mixed population, and a strong sense of neighbourhood identity, with lots of local festivals and events.

Centre Street is the main drag, and Washington Street and the Jamaicaway are important arteries.